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CONTENTS. 


Preface, 


Sketch  of  Phi  Alpha, 


Biographical  Sketches, 


Presidents  and  Recording  Secretaries, 


Army  List, 


List  of  Alumni, 


Alphabetical  List  of  Members  with  Addresses, 


PAQE 

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161 


PREFACE. 

As  far  back  as  1856  a  resolution  was  introduced  in  Phi  Alpha  relative  to 
the  compiling  of  a  catalogue  of  the  society.  In  January,  1858,  a  committee 
of  three  was  appointed,  which  in  the  following  April  reported  that  "  nothing 
had  been  done,"  and  then,  so  far  as  the  records  show,  quietly  winked  out. 
Since  then  catalogues  have  several  times  been  proposed,  but  never  made. 
The  historical  address  of  Mr.  A.  A.  Paxson,  '63,  at  the  reunion  of  1870  was 
chiefly  biographical  and  very  interesting,  but,  of  course,  very  incomplete. 
The  sketch  of  Mr.  C.  H.  Dummer,  '76,  read  at  the  fortieth  anniversary  in 
September,  1885,  treated  more  of  the  growth  and  character  of  the  society, 
but,  unfortunately,  not  being  printed  it  was  lost.  In  the  following  Novem- 
ber a  committee  was  appointed  and  empowered  to  prepare  a  catalogue  of 
the  society  and  of  the  library.  This  committee  consisted  of  Messrs.  W.  D. 
Wood,  '72,  A.  L.  Stevens,  '84,  and  H.  M.  Wilson,  Edward  Capps,  and  T.  W. 
Smith  of  '87.  Mr.  Stevens  carefully  rearranged  the  library  and  prepared  a 
card  catalogue,  but  it  was  not  thought  advisable  to  publish  a  list  of  the 
books.  The  rest  of  the  committee  early  in  1886  began  the  work  of  collect- 
ing information  for  the  biographical  sketches  and  continued  with  some 
interruptions  until  the  fall  of  1888,  having  by  that  time  written  many  of  the 
sketches.  In  the  spring  of  1889  it  was  determined  to  complete  the  work, 
and,  as  the  members  of  the  committee  had  mostly  left  Jacksonville,  the 
committee  was  reorganized  as  follows :  T.  W.  Smith,  '87,  F.  W.  Sanford,  '90, 
J.  A.  Capps,  '91,  and  P.  H.  Epler,  '92.  Last  fall  Messrs.  Frank  Read,  jr., 
'88,  C.  A.  Rowe,  '89,  H.  M.  Capps,  '90,  and  R.  F.  Lenington,  '91,  were  added. 
Thus  constituted  the  committee  has  with  the  recent  assistance  of  Mr.  W.  D. 
Wood,  '72,  and  Edward  Capps,  '87,  brought  the  work  so  far  that,  although 
much  more  could  be  done,  it  has  been  thought  best  to  publish  it  in  time  for 
the  reunion.  In  now  submitting  this  catalogue  to  the  society  the  committee 
gives  the  following  words  of  explanation: 

The  sketch  of  Phi  Alpha  is  far  from  historically  complete.  The  loss  of 
the  records  covering  the  years  from  1845  to  1853  makes  the  treatment  of 
that,  the  most  interesting  period,  vague  and  unsatisfactory.  Nor  of  the 
years  since  then  has  the  writer  tried  to  give  a  detailed  and  connected  nar- 
rative that  would  tell  of  all  the  growth  and  changes  in  the  society  and  of 
the  work  of  its  members.  That  must  be  an  undertaking  of  greater  length 
and  preparation  than  has  here  been  possible  and  some  suggest  that  the  society 


4  PREFACE. 

have  such  a  history  ready  at  its  fiftieth  anniversary.  The  writer  of  the 
following  sketch  has  endeavored  merely  to  show  the  improvement  in  Phi 
Alpha's  circumstances  and  position  and  to  trace  her  most  cherished  features 
and  characteristics.  And  although  he  has  not  attempted  even  to  name  the 
men  who  have  been  prominent  in  the  society's  history  and  who  are  its 
history,  still  it  is  hoped  that  this  sketch  will  make  clearer  to  us  all  the  out- 
lines of  a  favorite  picture  and  at  least  furnish  some  hints  to  the  future 
historian. 

The  biographical  sketches  are  arranged  in  the  order  in  which  the  mem- 
bers signed  the  constitution.  Since  a  few  may  have  neglected  to  sign  the 
constitution  and  even  the  lists  of  those  who  did  sign  have  been  imperfectly 
transmitted,  it  is  possible  that  two  or  three  names  have  been  omitted.  If 
the  sketches  themselves  seem  dry  and  colorless  to  some,  let  them  remem- 
ber the  limitations  of  the  committee.  We  have  prepared  the  following 
sketches  in  the  belief  that  even  brief  accounts,  the  main  facts  and  dates, 
will  not  be  without  interest  to  those  who  were  contemporaries  in  Phi  Alpha 
and  since  college  days  have  lost  track  of  one  another.  As  to  eulogy  the 
committee  have  thought  best  to  follow  the  old  Latin  precept  slightly 
changed,  nihil  bonum  nisi  de  mortuis,  and  we  are  sure  the  society  will  see 
the  wisdom  of  this  rule.  Of  many  of  the  members  we  could  get  no  trace 
and  the  information  sent  by  many  others  was  very  meager  and  often  inac- 
curate. But  the  committee  feel  that,  on  the  whole,  as  we  refrain  here  from 
making  any  complaint,  so  also  we  shall  need  make  no  apology.  We  have 
not  been  able  to  learn  the  order  of  the  presidents  and  secretaries  of  the  first 
eight  years  nor  all  the  honors  taken  by  the  early  graduates.  Although  the 
catalogue  has  dragged  its  weary  length  through  four  years,  yet  we  can  say 
that  the  sketches  and  the  addresses  are  with  few  exceptions  up  to  date. 

We  must  add,  in  conclusion,  that  we  trust  this  edition  will  be  only  the 
basis  for  a  richer  and  more  complete  one  to  be  issued  nine  or  twelve  years 
hence.  Therefore  we  strongly  urge  that  any  reader  of  the  following  pages, 
be  he  a  member  or  friend  of  a  member,  so  soon  as  he  notes  any  mistakes 
or  omissions,  shall  immediately  write  them  down  and  send  them  to  Mr. 
Harry  M.  Capps,  '90,  of  this  city.  These  will  be  carefully  kept  and  used  in 
the  next  edition. 

^  Respectfully, 

The  Phi  Alpha  Catalogue  Committee. 

Jacksonville,  111.,  June,  1890. 


SKETCH  OF  PHI  ALPHA. 


ON  the  evening  of  25  September,  1845,  there  met  in  the  dormitory  of 
Illinois  College  a  compan}^  of  seven  students  for  the  purpose  of 
organizing  a  literary  society.  The  "immortal  seven"  were:  Florence  E. 
Baldwin,  Greenbury  R.  Henry,  William  Jayne,  Henry  S.  Van  Eaton,  Robert 
Wilkinson,  Robert  D.  Wilson,  and  Nehemiah  Wright.  Messrs.  Henry  and 
Wright  were  the  earliest  and  most  enthusiastic  promoters  of  the  movement, 
and  the  first  meeting  was  called  in  Henry's  room  in  the  northeast  corner, 
third  story,  of  the  old  dormitory,  which  was  burned  in  1852.  On  the  first 
page  of  the  society's  records  appears  the  following:  "At  a  meeting  of  stu- 
dents of  Illinois  College  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  literary  society 
held  on  Thursday  evening,  25  September,  1S45,  Mr.  Henry  was  called  to 
the  chair.  Messrs.  Baldwin,  Jayne,  and  Wright  were  appointed  a  com- 
mittee to  draft  a  constitution,  to  be  presented  at  the  next  meeting.  Mr.  Van 
Eaton  was  appointed  to  address  the  meeting,  portraying  the  objects  of  the 
formation  of  the  society.  Adjourned  to  Tuesday  evening,  September  30." 
At  the  meeting  on  the  evening  of  September  30  the  constitution  was 
presented  and  adopted.  Phi  Alpha  society  was  the  name  chosen  for  the 
new  organization,  taken  from  the  initial  letters  of  the  Greek  words  <i>tAoi 
'klrideiac — Lovers  of  Truth.  The  admirable  and  lucid  statements  of  the  con- 
stitution itself  carry  their  own  interpretation  and  need  no  comment. 

"Art.  I.  This  society  shall  be  called  the  Phi  Alpha  society,  and  its  motto 
shall  be  '  Onward  ^nd  Upward.' 

Art.  11.  The  objects  of  this  society  shall  be  the  attainment  of  truth  and 
the  literary  improvement  of  its  members." 

Sigma  Pi  had  been  organized  in  Illinois  College  two  years  earlier  and  was 
in  successful  operation  ;  but,  as  this  society  was  somewhat  fastidious  in  its 
qualifications  for  membership,  there  arose  a  feeling  in  favor  of  a  society  hav- 
ing a  broader  and  more  comprehensive  basis,  and  the  crystallization  of  this 
sentiment  resulted  in  the  founding  of  Phi  Alpha.  From  the  start  it  was 
democratic  in  constitution  and  tendency,  and,  remembering  the  battle  it  had 
to  fight,  we  should  not  be  surprised  if  it  were  radically  and  defiantly  so.  A 
student's  political  belief  or  religious  creed  or  social  standing  or  poverty  or 
wealth  did  not  debar  him  nor  prevent  his  attaining  a  high  position  in  Phi 
Alpha — and  we  believe  this  has  been  true  ever  since.  Membership  was  based 
strictly  upon  the  general  merits  of  a  student  and  his  willingness  to  loyally 
cooperate  in  promoting  the  interests  of  the  society.  Nor  were  those  of  the 
lower  classes  or  new  students,  who  were  strangers,  in  the  slightest  degree 
discriminated  against.     The  task  to  which  the  seven  resolute  young  men 


6  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

devoted  themselves  was  not  an  easy  one,  and  thej-  had  to  fight  their  way  to 
the  recognition  and  respect  which  are  reserved  only  for  those  that  succeed. 
While  they  were  still  regarded  as  revolutionists  and  before  they  had  time  or 
opportunity  to  make  their  enterprise  a  success,  the  growth  in  membership 
was  not  large,  but  was  sufficient  to  indicate  progress.  More  important  was 
the  fact  that  the  new  members  were  imbued  with  the  spirit  of  the  society 
and  with  devotion  to  its  aims.  A  letter  recently  received  from  one  of  the 
founders  reveals  the  nature  of  the  contest  that  had  to  be  waged.  He  says : 
"We  felt  that  there  was  an  outside  element  of  good  fellows,  who  ought  to 
be  united.  We  might  not  be  as  pious  as  others  ;  we  did  not  claim,  as  they 
did,  any  great  amount  of  intellect  and  culture  ;  still,  we  hoped  we  had  some, 
and  finally  determined  to  band  ourselves  together  and  have  a  society  of  our 
own,  and  so  Phi  Alpha  was  organized.  We  were  at  once  met  with  scorn 
and  contempt  and  for  years  we  had  a  hard  time.  It  was  in  reality  the  old 
fight,  that  of  the  exclusives  against  the  liberals;  and,  having  good  fellows 
and  sensible  on  our  side,  well  endowed  with  resolute  determination,  we 
succeeded,  as  in  modern  times  always  happens  in  such  a  contest.  The  suc- 
cess of  dear  old  Phi  Alpha  has  surprised  us  old  fellows,  so  cognizant  of 
our  early  struggles,  and  has  pleased  and  gratified  and  still  gratifies  us  more 
than  we  can  well  express."  One  of  the  early  members  writes  as  follows  : 
"  I  do  not  suppose  that  the  faculty  of  those  days  would  have  allowed  that 
there  was  any  bias  against  Phi  Alpha  ;  but  there  was  a  feeling  in  the  society 
that  such  a  bias  existed,  and  some  Phi  Alphas  had  an  especial  scorn  for  so- 
called  'faculty  pets,'  of  which  the  number  in  their  society  was  not  supposed 
to  be  large,  and  a  certain  pride  of  consistency  in  receiving  reproof  for  trans- 
gressions, when  others  escaped  by  concealment  or  deception." 

How  long  Phi  Alpha  was  regarded  as  an  upstart  or  intruder,  we  can  not 
say  ;  it  certainly  did  not  wait  long  for  accessions.  When  in  1S49-50  nine 
joined  Sigma  Pi,  twenty-five  cast  their  lot  with  Phi  Alpha  ;  and  from  then  on 
the  "  Phis"  so  evenly  divided  the  numbers  and  the  honors  with  the  "  Sigs  " 
that  the  latter  must  soon  have  ceased  to  question  whether  the  younger 
society  had  a  destiny.  It  is  true  that  before  the  war  and  during  the  war  the 
political  sentiments  of  the  "Phis"  were  often  unsavory  to  the  faculty,  but 
the  instructors  surely  respected  the  ability  and  sincerity  in  the  society.  In 
the  minutes  of  the  fifth  annual  reunion,  which  was  held  on  16  June,  1858, 
we  read  :  "  President  Sturtevant  being  present  was  called  upon  and  gave  us 
some  counsel  and  suggestions,  saying  that  he  was  favorably  inclined 
towards  our  society  as  toward  the  other  and  wishing  us  prosperity  and  suc- 
cess. *  *  *  Dr.  Adams  was  then  called  upon  and  responded  in  a  short  but 
telling  speech."  As  to  numbers,  the  following  academic  year,  indeed,  saw 
the  high-water  mark  in  the  history  of  Phi  Alpha  ;  for  forty  new  men  signed 
the  constitution.  The  smallest  yearly  accession  was  that  of  1S66,  when 
only  five  joined.  In  1S68  seven  were  taken  in  and  in  1878,  only  six.  The 
society  opened  in  1881  with  seven  active  members,  called  "the  famous 
heptade  "  to  distinguish  them  from  "the  immortal  seven."  Since  then  the 
active  membership  has  ranged  between  thirty  and  forty,  the  present  number 
being  thirty-five.  But,  like  Gideon's  army.  Phi  Alpha  never  found  its 
strength  merely  in  numbers  and  it  never  will. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  7 

The  debate  was  from  the  first  the  chief  feature  of  the  meetings.  This  was 
done  designedly,  for  the  members  early  had  large  faith  in  free  and  open 
discussion  as  an  aid  to  finding  out  the  truth,  and  although  the  general  drift 
of  circumstances  both  in  and  out  of  the  society  naturally  gave  prominence 
to  the  debate,  still  it  is  doubtful  whether  it  would  have  been  the  main  feat- 
ure that  it  has  been  for  the  forty-five  years  had  it  not  been  for  the  guidance 
and  impulse  given  it  by  the  founders.  Notwithstanding  the  majority  of 
these  were  in  sympathy  with  the  views  of  the  whig  party  as  it  existed  in 
1845,  there  was  no  such  preponderance  as  to  silence  or  intimidate  in  the 
discussion  of  political  questions  any  democratic  tongue  in  the  hall.  On  the 
other  hand,  when  in  the  '50's  the  influx  into  the  college  of  men  from  Ken- 
tucky, Missouri,  and  southern  Illinois  was  large  enough  to  change  the 
political  hue  of  Phi  Alpha,  there  still  were  heard  some  very  plain  words  on 
squatter  sovereignty  or  the  Dred  Scott  decision.  The  time  has  never  been 
when  any  questions  of  general  interest  were  unpopular  or  unfashionable,  or 
when  the  fear  of  disturbing  harmony  or  of  cooling  friendly  relations  has 
restrained  free  speech.  It  is  not  without  feelings  of  pride  that  old  members 
have  referred  to  this  characteristic,  and  to  the  related  one,  that  the  discus- 
sions have  invariably  been  two-sided.  It  goes  without  saying  that  many  of 
the  debates  have  been  heated  and  even  acrimonious  ;  but,  if  any  bad  spirits 
were  engendered,  they  have  fled  from  the  hall  upon  adjournment,  and  as  the 
debaters  trooped  down  College  hill  they  have  disappeared  in  the  dark- 
ness. 

The  society  never  lacked  for  live  subjects  of  discussion,  and  yet  there  is 
a  large  class  of  questions  as  to  which  no  Phi  Alpha  generation  has  rested  in 
the  decisions  of  former  generations.  Among  these  are  :  whether  the  course 
of  the  United  States  in  the  Mexican  war  can  be  justified,  whether  foreign  mis- 
sions or  commerce  has  done  the  more  for  civilization,  whether  the  French 
Revolution  aided  the  cause  of  liberty,  whether  Napoleon  did  more  good 
than  harm,  whether  the  execution  of  Charles  I.  was  justifiable,  whether  the 
rate  of  interest  should  be  fixed  by  law,  or  whether  the  signs  of  the  times 
indicate  the  approach  of  a  universal  republic.  These  and  a  few  others 
resemble  Encke's  comet.  Each  in  making  its  regular  appearance  in  Phi 
Alpha  has  a  periodicity  of  about  three  and  a  half  years.  The  decision  in 
1857,  that  the  expression  of  political  sentiments  should  be  allowed  at  college 
exhibitions,  was  perfectly  natural  to  Phi  Alpha,  and  later,  under  circum- 
stances that  can  easily  be  guessed,  the  question,  "ought  the  claims  of 
female  society  and  the  promptings  of  gallantry  be  recognized  by  this  society 
as  of  greater  importance  than  attendance  upon  its  meetings,"  was  discussed 
and  decided  in  the  negative.  The  first  fifteen  years  of  the  society's  exist- 
ence were  fruitful  in  political  discussion  and  action  of  the  most  ardent  kind, 
and  the  records  show  how  eagerly  and  fiercely  the  most  important  questions 
were  debated.  Some  of  the  controversies  have  since  been  settled  in  accord- 
ance with  the  decisions  then  foreshadowed,  but  others  are  perennial.  As 
long  ago  as  185311  was  decided  that  "it  would  be  policy  for  the  United 
States  to  decrease  her  present  tariff  duties."  In  1854  the  members  had 
grown  more  radical,  for  it  was  then  decided  that  it  would  be  better  for  the 
United  States  to  have  no  protective  duties  on  imported  goods.     This  decis- 


8  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

ion  was  reaffirmed  in  1856  and  again  in  i860.  Upon  another  issue  that  is 
still  alive  and  momentous  the  society  early  put  itself  on  record,  by  decid- 
ing in  June,  1855,  that  "  our  legislature  acted  wrong  in  referring  our  prohi- 
bition law  to  the  people." 

All  these  decisions  and  the  ones  following  are,  of  course,  the  decisions  of 
the  president  as  to  the  ability  shown  in  the  debate.  The  decision  of  the  presi- 
dent does  not  always  indicate  the  opinion  of  the  society  as  a  whole,  because 
the  society  as  a  whole  does  not  express  itself  on  all  questions.  But  concern- 
ing the  great  and  vital  subjects  of  the  day  that  arouse  every  member  we  may 
generally  take  the  decision  on  the  ability  as  the  judgment  of  the  society. 
Keeping  this  in  mind  we  see  that  already  in  1854  there  was  felt  in  Phi 
Alpha,  as  in  the  whole  countr)',  the  beginning  of  the  end  of  "the  irrepressi- 
ble conflict.  In  January  of  that  year  the  question,  "has  any  individual  of 
the  United  States  a  right  to  oppose  on  the  plea  of  conscience  any  law  which 
may  be  passed  by  his  country,"  was  decided  in  the  affirmative.  And  the 
decision  in  the  following  March,  "that  congress  should  pass  Judge  Doug- 
las' Nebraska  bill,"  was  somewhat  in  the  same  tenor,  as  this  bill  did  not 
include  the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  Compromise,  which  the  third  Nebraska 
bill  did.  In  the  same  year  it  was  decided  that  "  the  tendencies  to  dissolve 
the  Union  are  not  more  strong  at  present  than  those  to  perpetuate  it,"  that 
"  a  state  has  not  the  right  to  secede,"  and  later — Douglas'  third  Nebraska  bill 
having  been  passed  —  that  "the  Missouri  Compromise  should  not  be 
restored."  The  scales  were  evenly  balanced  from  now  on  to  i860.  It  was 
successfully  maintained  in  April,  1856,  that  the  course  of  President  Pierce 
toward  Kansas  was  not  censurable,  and  in  October  the  contention,  that  "the 
objects  and  aims  of  the  republican  party  as  set  forth  in  their  platform  are 
more  truly  national  than  those  of  the  democratic  party  as  set  forth  in  their 
platform,"  was  lost,  J.  H.  Wood  leading  on  the  affirmative  and  Wm.  M. 
Springer  on  the  negative.  In  1858,  although  the  course  of  Senator  Douglas 
in  regard  to  Kansas  was  thought  to  have  been  consistent,  the  correctness  of 
the  Dred  Scott  decision  was  denied.  The  decision  in  Februar}-,  i860,  that 
congress  did  not  have  the  right  to  prohibit  sla%'ery  in  the  territories,  was  in 
September  reversed.  It  was  thought  in  January,  1861,  that  the  policy  of 
President  Buchanan  towards  southern  secession  had  not  been  correct  and 
in  February  the  opinion  of  1854  was  reversed  and  it  was  decided  that  the 
Missouri  Compromise  line  should  be  restored  and  extended  to  the  Pacific. 
The  question  chosen  at  the  meeting  of  5  April.  1861,  and  debated  on  26  April, 
Fort  Sumpter  having  been  fired  on  in  the  interval,  was,  "  Resolved,  that 
the  tendencies  of  the  present  times  are  not  toward  the  preservation  of 
human  liberty,"  and  it  was  decided  in  the  negative.  The  president  that 
occupied  the  chair  and  decided  the  question  last  named  volunteered  in  an 
Illinois  regiment  soon  after  his  graduation  in  June,  1861,  and  fought  for 
four  years  in  line  with  his  decision. 

The  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  found  many  "  Phis  "  not  only  of  fighting 
age  but  also  possessed  of  the  fighting  spirit,  many 

"  whose  faith  and  truth 
On  War's  red  touchstone  rang  true  metal." 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  9 

Not  unnaturally,  however,  they  did  not  all  fight  on  the  same  side  ;  but  in  the 
clash  of  arms  all  showed  the  same  courage  and  the  same  loyalty  to  convic- 
tion that  they  before  had  manifested  in  the  clash  of  opinions  in  the  old  hall. 
During  the  war  there  was  a  strong  democratic  element  in  the  society,  and, 
although  the  debates  and  decisions  were  not  disloyal,  they  did  not  always 
uphold  President  Lincoln.  There  has  since  been  a  gradual  change,  and  for 
the  last  decade  at  least  the  republicans  have  been  predominant  in  Phi 
Alpha.  In  fact,  many  a  son  of  an  old  "  Sig,"  inheriting  his  father's  politics, 
has  found  more  congenial  atmosphere  on  the  ground  tloor.  But  this  does 
not  mean  that  democratic  truths  have  had  no  defenders,  nor  weak  defend- 
ers, nor  that  the  discussions  have  lacked  the  fire  which  is  struck  when  hon- 
est convictions  meet,  nor  least  of  all  that  a  student's  political  opinions  have 
ever  been  a  bar  to  membership  or  honors  in  Phi  Alpha. 

'As  stated  above  the  first  place  of  meeting  was  Mr.  Henry's  room  in  the 
old  dormitory.  Later,  and  for  several  years,  the  meetings  were  held  in  the 
northwest  corner  room  on  the  second  floor  of  what  was  then  known  as  the 
chapel  building,  but  which  has  recently  been  named  "  Beecher  Hall."  The 
same  space  is  now  occupied  by  a  part  of  the  college  library.  The  room  was 
used  regularly  as  a  recitation-room,  and  this  fact  alone  attests  the  hardihood 
and  devotion  of  the  child  Phi  Alpha.  How  the  "  intra-mural  exhalation  " 
could  survive  from  meeting  to  meeting  we  cannot  conceive  ;  but  in  the  min- 
utes of  1855  we  have  a  hint,  as  follows  :  "A  motion  was  here  made  to  fine 
several  members  for  chewing  tobacco.  It  was  lost."  In  1856,  when  the 
present  chapel  was  finished,  the  society  was  called  upon  to  choose  for  its 
permanent  abode  one  of  the  two  rooms  in  the  old  chapel.  Let  the  records 
tell  the  story : 

"  Called  Meeting  of  Phi  Alpha  Society,  June  14,  1856. 

The  house  having  been  called  to  order  by  the  president,  Mr.  Bates  stated 
the  object  of  the  meeting  to  be  to  choose  between  the  upper  and  the  lower 
rooms  of  the  south  end  of  the  college  chapel.  Messrs.  Bates,  Bergen,  and 
Burt  were  appointed  to  confer  with  the  Sigma  Pi  and  to  act  in  conjunction 
with  the  committee  appointed  at  the  last  regular  meeting,  to  which  com- 
mittee Mr.  G.  H.  English  was  added.  The  society  decided  by  a  vote  of 
twelve  to  six  in  favor  of  the  lower  room.     On  motion  society  adjourned. 

E.  T.  GEYER,  rec.  sec, 

per  J.  H.  Wood." 

At  the  annual  reunion  during  the  commencement  week  that  soon  fol- 
lowed, the  urgent  need  of  money  to  fit  up  a  hall  for  the  society's  use  was 
stated,  and  more  than  one  hundred  dollars  were  pledged.  The  views  of  the 
old  members  present  at  the  reunion  coincided  with  those  of  active  members, 
as  indicated  by  their  vote.  Of  one  it  is  recorded  that  he  "  earnestl)'  con- 
tended for  the  lower  room,  exhorting  the  committee  to  cling  to  it."  The 
result  of  the  contest,  which  was  friendly  but  not  without  exciting  interest,  is 
shown  in  the  subjoined  agreement: 


lO  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY, 

Jacksonville,  19  June,  1856. 
We,  the  undersigned,  representing  the  Sigma  Pi  and  Phi  Alpha  societies 
of  Illinois  College,  have  this  day  entered  into  an  agreement  that  the  Phi 
Alpha  society  shall  have  the  first  choice  of  the  rooms  given  to  the  societies 
by  the  college,  by  paying  into  the  treasury  of  the  Sigma  Pi  society  the 
sum  of  seventy-five  dollars  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  October,  1856. 

J.  W.  Sturtevant,  Rich'd  Bates, 

W.  J.  G.  Nutting,  Abm.  Bergen, 

John  B.  Fairbanks,  jr.  J.  S.  Burt, 

Sigma  Pi  committee.  John  H.  Wood, 

Phi  Alpha  committee. 

After  choice  had  been  made,  the  members  gave  liberally  of  their  time  and 
their  money  toward  preparing  the  room  for  occupancy.  It  has  been  Phi 
Alpha's  home  ever  since,  and  from  time  to  time  the  members  have  added 
to  its  comfort  and  beauty ;  yet  is  is  doubtful  whether  the  sense  of  satisfac- 
tion and  triumph  that  those  felt  who  secured  the  hall  and  prepared  it  for  use 
has  since  been  equalled.  Phi  Alpha  Hall  is  a  place  rich  in  old  associations 
and  memories,  the  most  historic  room  perhaps  in  all  the  colleges  of  Illinois. 
In  that  room  more  than  sixtj'  years  ago  was  organized  Illinois  College,  the 
earliest  in  time  and  one  of  the  highest  in  aim  of  all  in  the  state  whose  name 
it  bears.  For  a  third  of  a  century  it  has  been  Phi  Alpha's  home  and  in  it 
have  been  enacted  scenes  that  neither  time  nor  distance  nor  the  struggles  of 
life  have  served  to  dim  but  which  to  old  members  are  as  vivid  and  real  as 
though  time  has  ceased  to  move. 

The  library  which  the  founders  early  began  to  accumulate  has  always  been 
the  most  valuable  of  Phi  Alpha's  tangible  possessions.  At  the  very  first 
and  for  several  years  the  leading  m.igazines  were  subscribed  for  and  then 
bound,  but  the  growth  in  other  books  was  necessarily  slow.  Mr.  James  W. 
Engligh,  '48,  used  to  tell  how  one  summer  he  as  librarian  took  the  whole 
library  home  in  one  wheelbarrow  load  and  read  it  through.  From  1850  on, 
according  to  the  records,  the  donations  of  books  and  contributions  of  money 
were  very  generous.  That  the  members,  however,  were  not  so  self-centered 
as  not  to  be  interested  in  the  efforts  of  others  towards  similar  ends  is  shown 
by  the  last  paragraph  of  the  minutes  of  the  regular  meeting  of  28  February, 
1855,  which  runs  as  follows  : 

"  The  Phi  Alpha  society  gave  leave  to  present  in  its  own  name  a  copy  of 
the  Knickerbocker  Gallery  to  the  Phi  Nu  society  of  the  Illinois  Conference 
Female  College.  Messrs  Geyer,  Philbrick,  and  Hamilton  were  appointed 
a  committee  to  do  the  work.     On  motion  the  society  adjourned. 

Lyman  Lacy,  nr,  sec. 

There   is  that   scattereth  and   yet  increaseth,  for  the  librarian's  report    of 
June,  1857,  showed  775  volumes  on  the  shelves. 

When  lecture  courses  were  paying  enterprises — and,  indeed,  after  they 
ceased  to  be — Phi  Alpha  secured  men  of  national  fame,  not  only  for  their 
lectures  but  also  in  the  hope  that  funds  might  be  obtained  for  the  library's 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  II 

benefit.  Many  large  and  valuable  additions  were  made  from  the  profits  of 
lectures  and  entertainments,  and  midway  in  the  '50's  the  two  societies  found 
it  necessary  to  make  an  agreement  explicitly  defining  the  powers  of  each  in 
the  matter  of  lecture  courses  with  the  intent  to  maintain  profits  and  promote 
harmony.  If  early  in  the  '6o's  they  had  agreed  to  let  the  platform  severely 
alone,  it  would  have  been  a  fortunate  decision  ;  for  lecture  courses  ceased 
to  be  profitable,  and  if  the  money  required  to  pay  deficits  had  been  put  into 
books  both  libraries  would  be  larger.  One  of  the  earliest  of  this  long 
series  of  losing  ventures  was,  as  good  tradition  tells  us,  a  lecture  by 
Abraham  Lincoln  in  the  winter  of  1858-59.  It  must  have  been  in  the 
interval  between  the  Lincoln-Douglas  debates  and  the  Cooper  Institute 
speech  of  February  1859.  Old  members  recall  the  contrast  between  the 
graceful  form  of  Ephraim  Dayton,  the  president  of  that  year,  and  the  tall, 
gawky  figure  of  Lincoln,  as  they  marched  up  the  aisle  of  the  old  Congrega- 
tional church  on  the  square  ;  Lincoln's  jokes  as  he  adjusted  his  spectacles, 
and  his  singular  subject,  the  laws  of  mechanics  and  physics  ;  and  most 
vividly  the  outcome,  fourteen  dollars  deficit.  The  following  lines  from  the 
minutes  of  12  February,  1869,  have  a  somewhat  pathetic  ring:  "A  vote  of 
thanks  was  passed  for  the  deduction  made  by  Mark  Twain  in  the  price  of 
his  lecture  and  for  the  gratuitous  services  of  Senator  Pomeroy."  For  many 
years  most  of  the  library  additions  have  been  made  by  annual  appropria- 
tions, the  society  thus  following  the  spirit,  if  not  the  letter,  of  the  i6th 
article  of  the  by-laws,  which  is :  "  Every  member  of  this  society  shall  pay 
at  the  commencement  of  each  college  year  two  dollars  to  the  treasurer,  to 
be  expended  in  buying  books  and  for  no  other  purpose  whatever."  In  1887, 
however.  Phi  Alpha  again  after  many  y6ars  ventured  jointly  as  one  of  three 
on  a  lecture  course  and  since  then  the  courses  have  been  so  increasingly  suc- 
cessful that  this  year  Phi  Alpha's  share  of  the  profits  was  over  one  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars.  To-day,  not  including  many  books  laid  aside  as  out  of 
date  or  of  doubtful  value,  the  library  contains  about  1800  volumes  of  the 
best  selection  and  promises  to  be  an  object  of  hearty  and  permanent 
interest. 

The  custom  of  having  anniversary  exercises  of  a  literary  character  was 
inaugurated  during  the  first  commencement  week  following  the  founding  of 
the  society.  Of  the  first  anniversary  one  of  the  founders  in  a  letter  of  recent 
date  writes  as  follows  :  "The  first  annual  address  before  our  society  was 
delivered  in  June,  1846,  by  Prof.  Bateman,  a  graduate  of  Illinois  College, 
then  a  resident  of  Missouri,  afterwards  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruc- 
tion in  this  state  (Illinois),  and  now  president  of  Knox  College.  In  the 
fervor  of  youth  and  pride  of  our  society's  first  appearance  in  public,  I 
thought  it  the  most  eloquent  address  I  had  ever  listened  to.  Yet  I  will  add 
that  to-day,  with  the  calmness  of  age,  I  deliberately  pronounce  that  in  my 
judgment,  after  having  heard  the  ablest  and  most  distinguished  orators  of 
the  past  forty  years  in  the  pulpit,  forum,  and  political  meetings,  I  think  both 
orator  and  society  had  a  right  to  feel  justified  and  proud  before  the  public." 
For  several  years  the  experiment  was  tried  of  having  literary  exercises  and 
a  reunion  every  year,  but  later  the  former  were  held  biennially  and  only  the 


12  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

latter  annually.  The  year  1866  marked  the  beginning  of  a  new  era  in  Phi 
Alpha  anniversaries  and  reunions.  From  that  time  eflbrt  has  been  made  to 
set  for  them  a  higher  standard  of  excellence,  to  make  them  more  than  ever 
a  prominent  feature  of  commencement  week,  and  to  establish  definite 
characteristics  so  that  members  might  regularly  expect  certain  exercises  of 
a  high  order.  On  the  afternoon  of  commencement  day  in  that  year  the 
society's  twenty-first  anniversar>'  was  celebrated  with  John  W.  Ross  as 
orator  and  William  H.  Barnes  as  poet,  and  it  proved  a  successful  inaugu- 
ration of  the  new  departure.  The  reunion  and  supper  at  the  Dunlap  House 
in  the  evening  set  the  mark  high  for  those  that  were  to  follow,  and  the  same 
hotel  has  been  the  scene  of  all  but  two  or  three  of  the  suppers  since  then. 
From  1866  to  1S78  the  reunions  were  held  biennially,  but  in  the  latter  year 
Phi  Alpha  joined  in  a  tripartite  agreement  with  Sigma  Pi  and  the  society  of 
Alumni,  whereby  each  in  its  turn  holds  triennial  reunions.  Wednesday  of 
commencement  week  has  come  to  be  known  as  "society  day,"  the  afternoon 
being  devoted  to  the  public  anniversary  exercises  with  the  oration  and 
poem,  and  the  evening  to  the  reunion  and  supper. 

On  25  September,  1885,  the  society  held  special  exercises  in  honor  of  its 
fortieth  anniversary,  and  in  the  evening  a  birthday  feast  was  set  in  Phi  Alpha 
hall  in  order  to  have  an  informal  and  genuine  reunion  of  brothers  amid 
scenes  and  associations  dear  to  them  all.  The  atmosphere  proved  so  con- 
genial and  the  reunion  so  delightful  that  at  the  general  wish  of  past  and 
active  members  the  reunion  of  1S87  was  also  held  there.  Those  who  par- 
ticipated in  it  will  always  remember  it  as  an  evening  of  rare  enjoyment. 
But  the  reunions  of  1885  and  1887,  so  full  of  pleasure,  were  not  without 
saddening  reminders.  At  the  former  was  announced  the  death  of  Dr.  Henry, 
in  whose  room  Phi  Alpha  was  born  and  whose  ardor  remained  uncooled 
amid  the  cares  of  a  life  remarkably  busy  and  beneficent.  His  was  the  first 
death  in  the  ranks  of  the  founders,  but  it  was  followed  a  year  later  by  that 
of  Mr.  Baldwin,  the  first  alumnus  of  the  society.  Both  were  present  at  the 
supper  of  1884,  and  many  remember  with  what  grace  Mr.  Baldwin  presided 
and  with  what  eloquence  Dr.  Henrj'  spoke.  Phi  Alpha  reunions  have 
acquired  a  reputation  for  their  good  suppers,  good  cheer,  and  good  speeches  ; 
but  at  the  latest  one  they  were  more  successfully  combined  than  usual.  It 
was  a  fitting  close  of  an  eventful  day  in  the  society's  history.  Indeed,  if  the 
fervor  and  enthusiasm  of  youth  saw  in  the  oration  at  the  first  anniversary 
merit  that  was  confirmed  b)'  the  calmer  judgment  of  mature  manhood,  it  is 
not  less  true  that  at  the  forty-second  anniversarj'  both  old  members  and 
)-oung  heard  with  pride  an  oration  that  made  the  heart  of  every  Phi  beat 
quicker,  one  of  the  most  up-lifting  and  at  the  same  time  distinctly  literary 
addresses  ever  delivered  even  in  Jacksonville. 

We  have  referred  to  the  prominence  that  from  the  first  has  been  given  in 
Phi  Alpha  to  the  debate.  Changes  have  been  made  as  the  interests  and 
usefulness  of  the  society  seemed  to  require.  The  literary  part  of  the  pro- 
gram has  been  lengthened  by  the  addition  first  of  a  select  reading,  then  of 
an  oration,  and  within  the  last  few  years  of  an  impromptu  speaker,  called 
the  "  extemporizer."     And  although  the  debate  occupies  a  place  relatively 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  I3 

less  important  than  formerly,  still  it  remains  the  chief  feature  as  of  old.     Phi 
Alpha's  record   in   this  matter  illustrates  one  of  its  most  prominent  and 
valued  characteristics,  namely,  its  conservatism.     A  certain  confidence  in 
the  traditions  of  the  elders  has  made  it  slow  to  introduce  changes  unless 
they  had  been  carefully  considered  and  their  real  need  seemed  apparent. 
The  society  did,  perhaps,  overestimate  its  capacity  in  October,  1857,  when  it 
voted  to  meet  every  week  instead  of  every  other  week  ;  for  the  meetings 
became  bi-weekly  again  in  January,  1858.     On  the  other  hand  the  change  of 
the  day  for  meeting  from  Wednesday  to  Friday,  which  was  made  in  January 
of  1861,  and  the  institution  of  a  critic  in  1866  proved  to  be  decidedly  for  the 
better.     We  can  not  say  why,  from  1857  to  1866,  no  chaplains  were  elected. 
Whether  lack  of  material  made  this  innovation  necessary,  whether  the  office 
was  merged  into  some  other,  or  whether  in  those  dark  days  prayers  were 
offered  by  the  whole  society,  the  records  do  not  tell.     Generally,  however,  a 
strong  sentiment  has  prevailed  in  Phi  Alpha  against  trying  experiments, 
especially  with  the  constitution  or  regarding  the  membership.     In  these  re- 
spects the  society  has  always  shown  a  dread  of  being  led  or  forced  into  a  posi- 
tion that  later  might  have  to  be  abandoned.     Certainly  such  a  constitutional 
amendment  as  Sigma  Pi  passed  in  1886  when  it  limited  its  membership  to 
twenty-five,  however  beneficial  it  may  prove  to  that  society,  would  be  looked 
upon  in  Phi  Alpha  as  revolutionary  and  almost  suicidal.     But  the  progres- 
sive spirit  has  not  been  discouraged.     This  is  seen  in  little  changes  as  in 
the  enlarged  literary  program  above  referred  to,  in  the  limiting  of  the  de- 
baters, with  the  exception  of  the  leaders,  to  five  and  ten  minutes,  or  in  the 
setting  aside  of  the  last  meeting  in  February  as  the  annual  "  open  "  meeting. 
The  manners  and  methods  of  Phi  Alpha  are  bound  to  alter,  to  suit  the  tastes 
of  new  generations  and  the  varj'ing  demands  of  Illinois  College  life.     The 
old  members  can  not  expect  anything  else.     Physiologists  tell  us  that  the 
component  particles  of  the  human  body  are  all  changed  in  the  course  of 
seven  years.     So  with  Phi  Alpha,  the  active  membership  becomes  entirely 
different  after  five  or  six  years,  and  the  appearance  and  manners  must  also 
change  ;  but  the  identit)',  the  ego,  remains  unchanged  and  unchangeable. 

It  is,  in  fact,  fortunate  that  all  tendencies  in  Phi  Alpha  have  not  been 
toward  conservatism.  The  founders  were  by  many  considered  fiery  radicals 
of  the  extremest  sort,  and  of  the  names  given  them  by  their  contemporaries 
and  rivals  none  indicated  the  dignity  or  reverence  that  the  name  conserva- 
tive implies.  When  radicalism  has  been  required,  the  members  have  been 
courageously  radical,  and  "  the  enthusiasm  of  propagandists  and  the  fire  of 
crusaders  "  still  exist  among  them  ;  but  they  have  learned  that  conservatism 
is  also  necessary  in  order  to  give  effectiveness  and  permanence  to  their 
organization  and  its  work.  Both  qualities  have  combined  to  give  interest 
and  continuity  to  the  society's  history.  And  this  history  has  not  been  made 
by  a  few  nor  confined  to  a  limited  number  of  important  events.  Its  making 
has  been  shared  by  all  who  have  been  interested  participants  in  its  struggles 
and  victories  during  the  forty-five  years  of  its  life.  We  do  not  seek  here  to 
recount  this  history,  but  only  to  give  the  outline  of  some  of  its  chapters. 
Part  of  the  history  is  written  in  the  record  books  of  the  society,  but  most  of 
it  is  written  in  the  hearts  and  lives  of  the  members. 


14  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

For  nearly  fifty  years  the  literary  societies  have  been  a  marked  feature  of 
Illinois  College,  and  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that,  as  student  organizations 
accomplishing  literary  ends,  their  superior  does  not  exist  in  the  west. 
Rivalry  has  always  existed  between  them  and  not  infrequently  it  has  been 
sharp  and  even  bitter.  At  the  beginning  of  each  year  new  members  must 
be  had  and  good  ones.  This  has  sometimes  led  to  underhand  solicitations, 
sorry  misrepresentations,  and  the  dark  work  of  the  whippers-in.  Some 
'lovers  of  truth'  and  others  whose  motto  is  'let  there  be  light'  might  well 
blush,  if  they  could  not  plead  the  natural  ardor  of  youth.  It  can  be  said  to 
the  credit  of  Phi  Alpha  that  of  late  years  the  methods  have  at  least  been 
above-board.  The  active  member,  who  is  in  the  midst  of  the  struggle,  can 
not  understand  one  of  '53  who  writes  :  "  There  are  many  other  men  that 
come  to  mind  ;  but,  as  the  years  pass,  the  lines  that  society  rivalries  drew 
so  sharply  fade  so  that  I  hesitate  to  affirm  with  absolute  positiveness  to 
which  society  each  man  belonged."  Each  generation  has  played  its  practical 
jokes.  More  than  once  has  Phi  Alpha  sent  a  committee  to  investigate  the 
stamping  up  stairs ;  more  than  once  during  a  special  meeting  has  Phi 
Alpha's  gas  been  turned  off;  but  only  once  did  the  whole  society  troop 
down  to  the  Methodist  College  to  attend  an  open  meeting  of  the  Phi  Nu, 
find  themselves  ushered  into  cold  and  dark  parlors,  and  learn  that  the  invi- 
tation was  '  bogus.'  In  the  main,  however,  there  has  been  only  a  generous 
and  healthy  competition  and  the  result  has  been  to  promote  society  spirit 
and  to  secure  the  chief  benefit  of  both  open  and  secret  societies  without 
the  serious  disadvantages  of  either.  Those  who  know  some  of  the  good 
qualities  of  secret  fraternities  may  be  glad  to  hear  that  of  late  there  is  to  be 
seen  in  Phi  Alpha  a  disposition  on  the  part  of  old  members  to  '  coach  ' 
younger  ones  in  their  studies,  writing,  and  speaking.  It  is  not  proposed  to 
discuss  the  value  of  secret  societies  or  their  evils,  but  it  may  be  asserted 
with  confidence  that  the  tone  of  college  and  society  life  at  'Old  Illinois'  is 
more  healthful  under  present  society  relations  than  it  would  be  if  secret 
societies  existed.  That  Phi  Alpha  has  been  the  chief  factor  in  bringmg 
about  existing  conditions  is  as  capable  of  demonstration  as  a  proposition  in 
geometry.  Its  career  has  proved  that  such  an  organization  of  students  can 
be  liberal  and  democratic  and  still  not  be  deficient  in  those  qualities  of  good 
fellowship  and  fraternity  that  give  a  charm  to  more  compact  and  exclusive 
societies.  Phi  Alpha  has  always  been  notably  free  from  manifestations  of 
a  narrow  or  inquisitorial  spirit  toward  any  student  of  the  college  that  has 
honestly  sought  to  share  its  burdens  and  its  benefits.  As  a  natural  conse- 
quence membership  has  sometimes  been  bestowed  upon  those  who  were 
unworthy  of  it,  or  at  least  proved  unwilling  to  faithfully  assume  its  responsi- 
bilities. Experience  has  shown  that  a  few  members  of  this  sort  sometimes 
exert  a  demoralizing  intluence  upon  the  whole  society.  To  suggest  the 
disease  has  been  to  suggest  the  cure,  however,  and  the  renewed  zeal  and 
increased  diligence  of  the  most  loyal  members  have  furnished  the  remedy. 
To  prevent  the  possible  election  of  men  whose  names  are  hastily  and  un- 
advisedl}'  proposed,  the  society  in  18S5  changed  the  method  of  voting  from 
viva  voce  to  ballot  box.  But  there  has  been  no  need  to  resort  to  measures  of 
doubtful  efficacy  that  were   not  in   line  with  Phi  Alpha's  history  and  tradi- 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  15 

tions.  The  broad  underlying  principles  on  which  the  society  is  based  have 
never  been  abandoned  and  the  loyalty  to  them  has  not  been  merely  respect 
for  them  as  custom,  although  that  feeling  has  not  been  wanting,  but  a  firm 
belief  in  them  as  governing  principles  of  action. 

It  is  not  intended  in  this  brief  sketch  to  go  into  details,  narrate  many  of 
the  events,  or  even  mention  the  names  that  have  been  prominent  in  Phi 
Alpha's  history.  Indeed,  it  would  be  impossible,  with  unlimited  time  and 
space,  to  group  the  facts  so  effectively,  to  picture  the  scenes  so  vividly  as  to 
make  them  satisfactory  to  those  who  were  the  actors.  The  story  of  the 
selection  of  the  society's  hall,  even  if  amplified  to  the  minutest  point,  would 
still  be  dull  and  commonplace  to  those  who  fought  and  'bled'  and  con- 
quered. Any  account  of  the  joint  discussion  of  1869  would  seem  tame 
enough  to  those  who  felt  the  thrill  of  joy  and  joined  the  shout  of  triumph 
following  the  announcement  that — against  great  odds— the  '  Phis  '  had  won. 
The  excitement  that  centered  about  the  election  of  president  in  1S70  and 
again  in  1872  and  1878  can  not  be  told,  nor  the  situation  of  the  fall  of  1881, 
when  the  society  opened  with  seven  against  Sigma  Pi's  thirty,  nor  a  hundred 
other  scenes  and  battles.  Yet  the  fact  that  much  of  the  history  must  remain 
unwritten  does  not  detract  from  its  value  or  make  it  a  less  important  ele- 
ment in  determining  the  course  and  shaping  the  policy  of  the  society. 
Taken  as  a  whole  that  history  is  an  unwritten  code,  whose  binding  force  has 
always  been  recognized,  not  in  detail  or  literally  as  that  of  the  written  con- 
stitution, but  in  spirit  and  purpose.  An  indomitable  earnestness  in  the 
present  members  shows  that  the  history  of  the  past  is  strongly  felt  and  that 
the  men  of  '90,  though  widely  separated  from  the  founders  and  early  mem- 
bers in  point  of  time,  yet  are  sharers  with  them  of  that  history  and  are  firm 
defenders  of  the  faith.  According  to  our  motto  future  members  must 
widen  and  deepen  the  power  of  Phi  Alpha.  But  they  will  also  recognize 
that  certain  principles  are  fundamental  and  essential  and  can  not  be  surren- 
dered without  disaster. 

As  we  sit  and  think  of  the  forty-five  years  gone,  one  after  the  other  the 
dear  old  faces  come  up  before  the  inward  eye.  We  see  them  again,  the  old 
smile  and  the  same  gesture  ;  we  recognize  the  tones  of  voice,  the  favorite 
expressions,  the  mannerisms — all  dear  to  us  now.  And  there  rises  before 
us,  perhaps,  the  severe  little  recitation  room  dimly  lighted  by  the  oil  lamp  ; 
and  we  see  the  knit  brows  and  ;he  earnest  manner  and  hear  the,  "  No,  sir, 
Mr.  President,  the  leader  on  the  affirmative  can  not  prove  it,"  or  the  "  I 
should  like  to  ask  the  gentleman  a  question."  Or  it  may  be  that  the  benches 
of  the  recitation  room  turn  into  chairs,  the  walls  fall  back  and  a  spacious 
room  appears  ;  and  in  the  brighter  light  we  see  in  front  the  president's  desk 
and  in  the  center  side  by  side  two  old  light-blue  pillars  bulky  and  unbend- 
ing. We  see  the  beginner  walk  timidly  to  the  front  and  read  from  his 
trembling  notes  ;  or  we  see  the  old  member  lean  at  ease  upon  the  table  and 
hear  his  confident  "Now,  Mr.  President;"  or  we  seem  ourselves  to  be 
standing  in  front  and  marshalling  out  everything  on  our  side  of  the  ques- 
tion ;  we  listen  anxiously  as  the  president  '  sums  up  ' — the  other  side  wins. 
Things  fade  before  us.     We  look  again.     A  stranger  is  in  the  chair  ;  the  hall 


l6  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

is  brilliant  with  chandeliers  and  curtains  and  carpet  ;  one  side  of  the  room 
is  entirel>  lined  with  books  ;  but  where  are  the  old  pillars  in  the  center? 
Supplanted  by  a  slender  iron  one.  Is  this  Phi  Alpha  hall  ?  That  painting 
over  the  president's  head — with  its  deep  perspective  of  letters  carrj'ing  one 
back  to  nowhere — somehow  that  is  familiar.  But  wait.  Can  that  stripling 
read  an  essay  ?  Yes — pretty  good.  Wrote  the  same  things  ourselves  once. 
'Orator.'  What,  that  boy?  Somehow  that  subject  is  not  strange.  Well 
done.  This  is  something  like  Phi  Alpha  after  all.  'The  debate  is  next  in 
order' — familiar  words.  What — that  question?  We  settled  that  when  we 
were  in  college,  years  ago.  That  is  right,  define  the  issue.  Assumes  too 
much  does  he  ?    Yes,  make  him  give  his  authority.    Concede  him  that  point  ? 

Yes,  you   can  afford   to  be  fair What,  so  earnest  over  these  dry 

bones?  So  dauntless  with  these  big  problems?  Why,  this  is  still  Phi 
Alpha  !  The  voices  grow  fainter  and  fainter,  the  hall  dimmer  and  dimmer, 
....  and  now  they  are  gone.  But  the  earnestness,  the  dauntlessness,  and 
the  fairness — these  abide  and  must  always  abide,  brothers  of  Phi  Alpha,  if 
our  name  is  to  have  any  meaning. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES. 


1845-46 

1.  William  Jayne,  b.  8  October,  1826,  in  Springfield,  111.  He  prepared  for 
college  under  private  instructors  in  his  native  city,  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1S43  and  was  graduated  in  1847  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  afterwards  re- 
ceiving the  degree  of  M.A.  Mr.  Jayne  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Phi 
Alpha  and  was  her  first  president.  Having  studied  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  Missouri  State  University  for  some  time  he  received  his  diploma 
in  1849  and  has  since  been  a  practitioner  in  Springfield.  He  married 
Julia  Witherbee  of  Jacksonville,  in  October,  1850.  They  have  five  chil- 
dren. As  a  Republican  Dr.  Jayne  has  long  been  prominent  in  state 
politics.  In  1S60  he  was  elected  state  senator  from  the  district  composed  of 
Morgan  and  Sangamon  counties,  and  a  year  later  by  appointment  from 
President  Lincoln  became  governor  of  Dakota.  He  was  also  for  a  time 
delegate  to  Congress  from  that  territory.  In  1869  President  Grant  ap- 
pointed him  pension  agent  for  Illinois.     He  has  been  mayor  of  his  city  four 

terms,  1859,  1876,  1877  and  1882,  and  for  nine  years  was  vice-president  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Springfield.  As  one  of  the  three  commissioners 
chosen  by  Governor  Oglesby  Dr.  Jayne  assisted  in  superintending  the  com- 
pletion of  the  state  capitol. 

2.  Florence  Eugene  Baldwin,  b.  7  March,  1825,  at  Bethany,  Wayne  co., 
Penn.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1837  and,  after  a 
common  school  education,  entered  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111. 
After  remaining  there  a  short  time  he  taught  school  for  two  years  and  then 
came  to  Illinois  College  in  November,  1844.  Mr.  Baldwin  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  Phi  Alpha  and  was  the  first  recording  secretary.  He  was  grad- 
uated in  1846  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  afterwards  receiving  the  degree  of 
M.A.,  and  then  studied  law  for  one  year  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Lyman  Trum- 
bull, Belleville,  III.  Shortly  afterward  he  went  to  Boston  and  studied  for  a 
year  in  the  office  of  A.  and  A.  B.  Merrill.  In  1849  he  went  to  California  to 
seek  his  fortune  but  returned  to  Illinois  in  1851.  In  the  same  year  he 
married    Elizabeth   Wilkinson   of  Jacksonville,   by   whom   he   had    eleven 

children  .  Removing  to  St.  Anthony,  Minn,  in  1855,  Mr.  Baldwin  settled 
on 'a  farm  near  Clear  Lake,  Sherburne  co.  Four  years  later  he  was  elected 
to  the  state  senate  and  he  also  served  several  terms  as  county  attorney.  In 
1872-78  he  was  in  real  estate  and  insurance  business  in  Minneapolis,  and  in 
1883  he  removed  to  St.  Cloud,  Stearns  co.,  where  he  lived  until  his  death 
which  occurred  on  3  November,  1886.  Mr.  Baldwin  had  a  generous  heart 
and  high  aims.  These,  together  with  his  ability  in  business,  enabled  him  to 
acquire  a  good  property  and  won  him  a  high  position  in  the  state. 
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l8  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

3.  Henry  Smith  Van  Eaton,  b.  14  September,  1826,  in  Anderson  town- 
ship, Hamilton  co.,  O.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  Morgan  county,  111.,  in 
1832  and  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1843. 
Mr.  Van  Eaton  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Phi  Alpha  and  held  the  offices 
of  president  and  recording  secretary.  He  was  graduated  in  1848  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.,  and  subsequently  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  Soon  after 
graduation  he  removed  to  Woodville,  Miss.,  and  taught  school  till  1853.  In 
1853-54  he  studied  law  with  Judge  Stanhope  Posey  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1855.  He  was  elected  states  attorney  for  the  southern  district  of 
Mississippi  in  1857  and  elected  to  the  legislature  in  1859.  He  entered  the 
Confederate  army  as  a  private  in  1862  and  served  till  the  close  of  the  war. 
He  was  in  the  "  Valley  Campaign  "  of  1862  under  "  Stonewall  "  Jackson  and 
in  the  campaigns  and  battles  in  front  of  Richmond  that  followed.  In  the 
second  Manassas  battle  Mr.  Van  Eaton  received  several  wounds.  He  was 
also  in  the  battle  of  Fredericksburg  and  was  afterward  appointed  field  com- 
missar}' with  the  rank  of  captain,  and  served  as  such  in  the  campaigns  of 
Chancellorsville  and  Gettysburg.  He  was  then  ordered  to  the  Western  army 
under  Gen.  Joseph  E.  Johnston  and  was  assigned  to  duty  as  purchasing  and 
forwarding  commissary,  in  which  position  he  continued  till  the  close  of  the 
war,  receiving  his  parole  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  in  May,  1865.  Returning  to 
Woodville  he  resumed  practice  in  the  latter  part  of  that  year.  In  1880  he 
was  appointed  chancellor  for  the  southern  district  of  his  state.  Two  years 
later  he  was  elected  to  congress  and  served  in  the  48th  and  49th,  In 
1887  he  was  appointed  by  President  Cleveland  a  member  of  the  board  of 
visitors  to  the  Naval  Academy  at  Annapolis  and  the  next  year  as  one  of  a 
commission  to  examine  and  report  upon  the  last  completed  portion  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  railroad.  Mr.  Van  Eaton  was  married  in  1859  ^o  Anna  L. 
Blount  at  Woodville.  He  is  now  practicing  law  and  also  has  interests  in 
cotton  and  stock  raising. 

4.  Robert  Wilkinson,  b.  26  September,  1827,  at  Hopkinsville,  Christian 
CO.,  Ky.  He  moved  to  Illinois  when  very  young,  attended  public  schools, 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1843  and  was  graduated  in  1847  with  the  degree 
of  B.A.  and  afterwards  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  Mr.  Wilkinson  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  Phi  Alpha  and  held  the  offices  of  recording 
secretary  and  president.  Having  studied  law  with  Ira  O.  Wilkinson  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Rock  Island,  111.,  in  1849.  Mr.  Wilkinson  has  practiced 
law  in  Illinois  and  Colorado  and  for  a  number  of  years  has  been  probate 
judge  of  Doniphan  county,  Kan.  In  the  course  of  his  residence  in  Colorado 
he  was  a  member  of  the  legislature  and  attorney  for  his  county. 

5.  Greenbury  Ridgely  Henry,  b.  21  September,  1828,  in  Hopkinsville, 
Christian  co.,  Ky.  In  1834  his  parents  removed  to  Bloomington,  111.  Mr. 
Henry  attended  Jubilee  College,  Peoria,  111.,  in  1S41  and  1842.  He  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1844  and  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Phi  Alpha. 
He  left  college  in  1847  without  being  graduated  and  in  the  same  year  began 
the  study  of  medicine  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Louisville,  Ky.,  where  he  was  graduated  in  March,  1849.  He  then  remained 
in  Louisville  a  year  as  the  private  pupil  of  Dr.  Gross,  the  celebrated  surgeon. 
In  the  spring  of  1850  he  went  to  Burlington,  la.,  where  he  practiced  his  pro- 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  19 

fession  until  his  death.  In  the  fall  of  1851  he  was  married  in  Jacksonville, 
111.,  to  Kate  Chambers,  daughter  of  Col.  G.  M.  Chambers.  They  had  six 
children,  three  of  whom  are  dead.  One  of  the  latter,  Robert  L.,  attended 
Illinois  College  in  18S5-86  and  was  a  member  of  Phi  Alpha.  Dr.  Henry 
died  at  his  home  on  14  May,  1885,  after  an  illness  of  a  few  days.  He  was 
noted  from  his  youth  for  his  fearless  truthfulness.  His  candor  and  frank- 
ness attracted  to  him  friends  who  honored  him  till  the  day  of  his  death. 
Aside  from  his  superior  professional  qualifications  he  was  a  very  liberal  and 
energetic  citizen,  ready  to  invest  his  earnings  in  public  enterprises  and  thus 
to  aid  the  growth  of  his  city.  For  several  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  cit}' 
school  board  of  Burlington  and  was  also  trustee  of  the  Insane  Hospital  at 
Mount  Pleasant,  la. 

6.  Pike  Clinton  Ross,  b.  6  July,  1825,  at  Lewiston,  Fulton  co..  111. 
He  attended  Canton  (111.)  College  in  1842-43  and  Illinois  College  in  1845-46. 
Mr.  Ross  served  in  the  Mexican  war  during  1846-47  as  a  member  of  the  4th 
Illinois  regiment  and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Vera  Cruz  and  Cerro  Gordo. 
In  1851-53  he  studied  medicine  in  the  Ohio  Medical  College,  Cincinnati,  and 
practiced  in  Havana,  111.,  during  1855-58.  The  next  three  years  he  spent  at 
various  places  in  the  East  and  South  for  his  health.  Since  1861  he  has  en- 
gaged in  the  drug  business  in  Canton,  111.  In  1866  he  married  Margaret 
Irwin  of  McDonough  county,  III.  They  have  five  children,  two  sons  and 
three  daughters. 

7.  Robert  Davidson  Wilson,  b.  i  January,  1826,  at  Carmi,  White  co., 
111.  He  studied  at  home  under  a  private  tutor,  attended  college  in  St. 
Charles,  Mo.,  for  two  years,  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1844  and  left  just  before  commencement  in  1850.  He  studied 
law  with  his  father,  Judge  Wm.  Wilson,  chief  justice  of  the  state  supreme 
court,  but  did  not  practice.  In  1854  he  went  across  the  plains  to  California, 
and  in  a  month  started  back  by  steamer.  After  a  day's  voyage  he  was 
wrecked  and  upon  being  rescued  was  taken  to  San  Francisco  and  has  ever 
since  made  California  his  home.  He  taught  school  until  1862,  then  went 
into  the  stock  business,  dealing  in  cattle  and  horses.  After  pursuing  this 
for  a  number  of  years  he  gave  it  up  for  real  estate  business.  Since  that 
time  Mr.  Wilson  has  either  dealt  in  land  or  managed  a  farm  for  himself. 
He  has  been  active  in  the  interest  of  his  adopted  state  from  the  time  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Sacramento  county  vigilance  committee  till  the  pres- 
ent. In  1873  he  married  an  Illinois  lady,  who  died  several  years  after- 
wards. Mr.  Wilson  has  no  children  of  his  own,  but  four  step-children  from 
his  wife's  first  marriage.  He  is  now  living  near  Wallace,  Calaveras  co., 
Cal. 

8.  Nehemiah  Wright,  b.  20  February,  1824,  at  Holdeness  (now  Ashland), 
N.  H.  He  attended  preparatory  schools  in  Plymouth,  N.  H.,  and  Spring- 
field, 111.,  and  in  1845  entered  Illinois  College.  Mr.  Wright  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  Phi  Alpha  and  held  the  office  of  recording  secretary.  He  left 
college  in  1846  and  subsequently  taught  school  at  Ashland  and  Petersburg, 
111.,  and  Rumney,  N.  H.  After  studying  medicine  in  1S47-48  with  his  father. 
Dr.  Samuel  Wright,  he  began  to  practice  at  Chatham,  111.  In  1849  ^^r- 
Wright  and  Frances  L.  Huckins  of  Ashland,   N.   H.,  were  married.     They 


20  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

have  a  son  and  two  daughters.  Dr.  Wright  was  a  candidate  for  the  legisla- 
ture in  1856  and  again  in  1S58. .  In  January,  1865,  Rush  Medical  College, 
Chicago,  conferred  on  him  the  degree  of  M.D.  and  in  1872  he  was  elected 
county  physician  of  Sangamon  count)'.  Illinois  College  gave  him  the  degree 
of  M.A.  in  1S7S.  Since  1SS5,  when  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis.  Dr. 
Wright  has  not  been  active  in  his  profession. 

1846-47 

9.  Joseph  Addison  Barrett,  b.  in  1826  at  Greenburg,  Greene  co.,  Ky. 
In  1S35  he  removed  with  his  father  to  Sangamon  county.  111.  He  prepared 
for  college  under  private  instruction  in  Springfield,  and  entered  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1S46.  Mr.  Barrett  was  in  the 
institution  one  year,  after  which  he  attended  the  Missouri  Medical  College  in 
St.  Louis.  He  practiced  in  Taylorville,  III.,  and  in  St.  Louis  county,  Mo.  In 
July,  1848,  he  married  Helen  M.  Moore,  daughter  of  a  professor  in 
McDowell  Medical  College  of  St.  Louis.  He  died  in  March,  186S.  His 
two  children,  a  son  and  daughter,  arc  living  in  St.  Louis. 

ID.  John  Garven  Clark,  b.  31  July,  1S25,  near  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  schools  of  his  neighborhood  and  later  those  of  Missouri,  where 
his  family  moved.  After  being  in  attendance  at  Marion  College,  Mo.,  for 
some  time  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1845.  He  boarded  himself  while 
a  student  in  the  latter  institution.  He  was  graduated  in  1847  with  the  degree 
of  B.A.,  and  during  the  succeeding  year  engaged  in  mining  at  Hazel  Green, 
Wis.  During  the  period  of  1849-53  Mr.  Clark  was  a  government  surveyor 
in  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa  and  Missouri.  In  the  winter  of  1850-51  he 
taught  a  school  in  Lancaster,  Wis.  He  married  in  February,  1852,  Minerva 
A.  Pepper  of  that  place,  and  has  a  son  and  daughter.  Mr.  Clark  was 
appointed  deputy  clerk  of  the  circuit  court  of  Grant  county,  Wis.,  in  1853  and 
during  that  and  the  next  year  took  some  part  in  the  formation  of  the 
Republican  party.  He  was  elected  circuit  clerk  in  1854  and  was  twice  his 
own  successor  in  that  office.  In  i860  he  was  sent  to  the  legislature.  While 
a  circuit  clerk  he  had  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1S61. 
When  the  war  broke  out  he  at  once  entered  the  military  service.  For  a  short 
time  he  was  assistant  commissar)'  general  of  Wisconsin  and  then  became 
first  lieutenant  and  quartermaster  in  the  fifth  Wisconsin  infantry  and  held 
those  commissions  until  1863,  when  he  was  appointed  provost  marshal  of 
the  third  district  of  his  state  with  the  rank  of  captain.  In  February,  1865, 
he  was  commissioned  colonel  of  the  50th  Wisconsin  infantry  and  served  as 
such  until  mustered  out  in  1S66.  While  colonel  he  was  sent  with  his  com- 
mand to  southwestern  Missouri  and  thence  north  on  the  plains  among  the 
Sioux  Indians.  With  his  first  regiment  he  participated  in  the  battle  of 
Williamsburg,  in  those  around  Richmond  in  1862,  and  in  those  of  Antietam 
and  Fredericksburg.  In  1S67  he  began  the  practice  of  law  and  has  continued 
it  ever  since.  Mr.  Clark  has  held  many  local  offices,  school,  town,  city,  and 
county. 

II.  Thaddeus  Levi  Loomis,  b.  28  September,  1825,  at  Salisbury,  Herk- 
imer CO.,  N.  Y.     His  early  education  was  received  in  the  schools  of  Ches- 


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terfield,  111.  Mr.  Loomis  spent  two  years,  1845-47,  in  Illinois  College, 
and  was  graduated  from  a  law  school  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  in  1849.  He  has 
never  practiced.  From  1849  to  1854  his  occupation  was  gold  mining  in  Cali- 
fornia. Returning  to  Illinois  he  made  his  residence  in  Macoupin  county. 
In  1854  he  married  Sarah  A.  Duckee  of  Chesterfield,  by  whom  he  is  father 
of  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  Mr.  Loomis  served  two  terms  as  county 
judge  in  1S61-69.  Of  late  years  he  has  been  active  in  developing  the  coal 
mining  interests  of  his  county  and  was  chief  mover  in  the  building  of  Ma- 
coupin county's  fine  court  house. 

12.  George  Pierson,  b.  10  May,  1826,  at  Cedarville,  N.  J.  He  removed 
to  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1S33,  attended  the  public  schools  and  in  1844  entered 
Illinois  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1848  with  the  degree  of  B.A., 
receiving  later  the  degree  of  M.A.  Mr.  Pierson  very  soon  after  entered 
Andover  Theological  Seminary  and  was  graduated  in  1851.  He  was  ordained 
a  minister  at  Jacksonville  the  same  year  and  soon  after  went  as  a  missionary 
to  the  Choctaw  Indians.  Returning  he  studied  medicine  in  Miami  Medical 
College,  Cincinnati,  and  Albany  (N.  Y.),  Medical  College,  for  two  years. 
He  then  went  as  a  missionary  to  Micronesia,  in  1S54,  and  in  i860  returned 
to  this  country.  Since  that  time  Mr.  Pierson  has  been  in  charge  of  Presby- 
terian churches  in  the  following  places  :  Brooklyn,  Cal.,  ten  years  ;  Adel, 
la.,  five  years  ;  Solomon  City,  Kan.,  eight  years  ;  and  for  the  last  five  years 
in  Henrietta,  Tex.  He  was  first  married  to  Miss  Salome  Dexter  at  Augusta, 
111.,  in  December,  1851.  She  died  in  1852  and  in  1854  Mr.  Pierson  married 
Miss  N.  A.  Shaw  at  Unadilla,  N.  Y.     He  has  two  daughters  and  a  son. 

13.  DeWitt  Clinton  Roberts,  b.  in  1829,  in  Winchester,  111.  He  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1845,  and  left  in  1847  on  account  of  ill  health.  In 
1850-51,  he  attended  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.  Since  1854  Mr. 
Roberts  has  been  in  the  printing  business,  which  is  now  his  occupation  in 
New  Orleans,  La. 

14.  James  Walter  Frazer,  b.  28  July,  1826,  near  Independence,  Autauga 
CO.,  Ala.  He  moved  to  Arkansas  when  fourteen  years  old  and  attended 
the  common  schools  of  the  country  until  his  entrance  into  the  preparatory 
department  of  Illinois  College  in  November,  1844.  He  left  in  April,  1847, 
because  of  ill  health.  He  studied  medicine  without  a  preceptor  and 
in  1848-49  attended  lectures  in  Louisville,  Ky.  In  1850  he  practiced  in 
Union  County,  Ark.,  and  the  same  year  married  Margaret  A.  Wiley.  In 
i860  he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  from  the  medical  department  of  the 
Lousiana  University,  New  Orleans.  Dr.  Frazer  entered  the  Confederate 
service  in  iS62as  a  surgeon  in  the  hospitals  and  served  till  the  close  of  the  war. 
From  then  until  1887  he  practiced  medicine  in  Tupelo,  Miss.,  at  the  same 
time  carrying  on  a  drug  business.  Removing  then  to  Clarendon,  Ark.,  he 
has  there  remained  since  as  a  physician  and  druggist,  and  has  also  en- 
gaged somewhat  in  farming.  His  wife  died  in  1887  and  in  188S  he  married 
Mrs.  Lucy  N.  Youngblood.  His  property  was  swept  away  by  the  war,  but 
he  has  since  retrieved  that  misfortune. 

15.  Herman  Engelbach,  b.  22  December,  1829,  at  Hesse-Darmstadt, 
Germany.  After  coming  to  America  he  settled  in  Illinois  with  his  parents 
and  attended  common   schools.     He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1845,  and 


22  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

was  graduated  in  1849  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  After  graduation  he  became 
a  book-keeper  in  St.  Louis  and  in  1852  went  into  milling  and  mercantile 
business  at  Arenzville,  Cass  co.,  111.  In  July,  1859,  he  married  Elizabeth 
Goebcl  of  that  place.  Mr.  Engelbach  was  killed  on  16  December,  1S80,  by 
being  caught  in  the  machinery  of  a  grain  elevator.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  German  Lutheran  church  and  a  man  very  much  respected  in 
his  community. 

16.  George  Bush  Goudy,  b.  27  January,  1828,  in  Indianapolis,  Ind.  His 
parents  removed  to  Illinois  in  1833,  and  resided  at  Vandalia,  Jacksonville, 
and  Springfield.  He  was  in  the  preparatory  department  and  pursued  special 
studies  in  the  college  classes  of  Illinois  College  in  1844-45  and  in  1846-47. 
He  left  Springfield  in  May,  1849,  and  in  September  went  to  Oregon  City,  Or., 
where  he  became  publisher  of  "  The  Spectator,"  a  weekly  newspaper.  He 
soon  went  to  Lafayette,  Or.,  and  while  there  held  the  offices  of  county  audi- 
tor and  sheriff.  In  the  summer  of  1S54  Mr.  Goudy  married  Elizabeth  Mor- 
gan of  Lafayette.  One  child  was  born  to  them,  now  Mrs.  L.  J.  G. 
Slocum  of  Chicago.  In  April,  1S55,  Mr.  Goudy  removed  from  Lafayette 
to  Olympia,  W.  T.,  where  he  was  unanimously  elected  public  printer 
by  the  legislature.  He  there  conducted  "  The  Pioneer  and  Democrat,"  a 
weekly  paper,  and  did  the  territory's  public  printing.  He  died  in  Septem- 
ber, 1857.  Mrs.  Goudy  now  lives  in  Portland,  Or.  Mr.  Goudy  was  a  man 
of  great  industry  and  attained  much  personal  popularity.  He  was  one  of 
the  early  pioneers  of  the  Pacific  coast  and  assisted  in  giving  it  a  start  in  the 
course  which  has  since  developed  that  region. 

17.  Virgil  Young  Ralston,  b.  16  July,  1828,  at  Vanceburg,  Ky.  His  con- 
nection with  Illinois  College  lasted  a  year,  1846-47,  after  which  he  studied 
law  with  Browning  &  Bushnell,  of  Ouincy,  111.,  and  practiced  there  for  sev- 
eral years.  He  also  resided  in  California  a  short  time.  Mr.  Ralston  was 
editor  of  the  "  Ouincy  Whig"  in  1S55-57.  In  i860  he  was  commissioned 
captain  of  a  company'  in  the  i6th  Illinois  infantry,  soon  after  resigned  on 
account  of  ill  health,  but  again  enlisted  in  an  Iowa  regiment  and  served  till 
sent  to  the  hospital  in  St.  Louis,  where  he  died  ig  April,  1864,  from  the 
effect  of  wounds  and  exposure. 

18.  Samuel  Gregg  Weagley,  b.  6  January,  1826,  in  Lexington,  Ky. 
After  settling  in  Morgan  county,  III.,  he  attended  the  common  schools  and 
in  1S44  entered  Illinois  College,  leaving  two  years  later.  He  attended  his 
first  course  of  lectures  m  the  medical  department  of  Illinois  College  and  a 
second  course  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Louisville, 
Ky.  In  1849  Dr.  Weagley  married  Amanda  C.  Layton  of  Morgan  county. 
Since  that  year  he  has  practiced  in  the  same  county,  his  home  being  at 
Orleans,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  board  of  examining  surgeons  for 
pensions.     He  has  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

1847-48 

19.  James  Worth  English,  b.  11  March,  1829,  in  Mason  county,  W.  Va. 
In  the  spring  of  1836  he  removed  with  his  father.  Dr.  Nathaniel  English,  a 
prominent   physician,  to  St.  Louis,  and   in   December  to  Jacksonville,   111., 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  23 

where  he  attended  school.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1844  and  was 
graduated  in  1848  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  afterwards  receiving  the  degree 
of  M.A.  He  then  studied  law  with  Hon.  Richard  Yates  and  Judge  William 
Brown  and  subsequently  with  Hon.  David  A.  Smith.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1850,  to  the  federal  courts  in  i86o,  and  to  the  U.  S.  supreme 
court  in  1873.  Mr.  English  went  to  Carrollton,  111.,  in  1856  and  for  three 
years  held  the  office  of  states  attorney  for  Greene  county.  In  i86g  he  was 
chosen  delegate  to  the  state  constitutional  convention,  of  which  he  proved 
to  be  a  ver)-  efficient  member,  serving  on  the  committees  of  revision  and 
adjustment,  finances,  state  institutions,  and  public  buildings.  During  1871-77 
he  resided  in  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  after  which  he  returned  to  Carrollton  and 
continued  in  his  profession.  He  was  married  in  October,  1852,  to  Eliza 
Stryker  of  Jacksonville.  Five  of  six  children  are  living,  two  sons  and 
three  daughters,  one  daughter  being  dead.  Mr.  English  died  in  Jackson- 
ville  on  15  August,  188S.  He  was  a  generous  man,  much  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  him.  His  scholarship  was  shown  by  his  love  for  Shakespeare,  of 
whom  he  was  an  unusually  good  student.  As  a  lawj^er  he  was  noted  for 
his  prudence  and  intelligence,  for  his  faithfulness  to  clients  and  deference 
to  the  court.     He  was  always  an  ardent  lover  of  Phi  Alpha. 

20.  Reuben  Andrus,  b.  29  January,  1824,  in  Rutland,  Jefferson  co.,  N.  Y. 
At  an  early  age  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Fulton  county.  111.,  attended 
a  private  school  and  an  academy  in  Canton,  and  in  1844  entered  Illinois 
College.  He  was  president  of  Phi  Alpha  one  year.  When  entering  the 
senior  class  in  1S48  he  was  offered  the  principalship  of  the  preparatory  de- 
partment in  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  which  he  accepted.  Pur- 
suing studies  at  the  same  time  he  was  graduated  there  in  1849.  After 
graduation  he  organized  and  conducted  a  school  called  Greenfield  Institute 
at  Greenfield,  111.  In  1850  he  took  charge  of  the  Decatur  circuit  and  at  the 
annual  Methodist  conference  was  admitted  as  a  minister.  In  the  fall  of  that 
year  Mr.  Andrus  founded  Illinois  Wesleyan  University  and  became  princi- 
pal of  its  preparatory  department  and  at  commencement  was  elected  pro- 
fessor of  mathematics.  He  was  compelled  to  resign  on  account  of  failing 
health  and  next  settled  in  Springfield,  111.,  where  he  organized  Central 
Academy.  After  having  charge  of  churches  at  Beardstown  and  Decatur  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  Illinois  Conference  Female  College  at  Jackson- 
ville, but  preferring  the  work  of  a  minister  he  filled  charges  at  Quincj% 
Beardstown,  Springfield  and  Bloomington.  He  was  temporary  president  of 
Quincy  College  in  1865,  and  in  1867  was  transferred  to  the  Indiana  confer- 
ence, being  stationed  at  Evansville  for  three  years.  He  subsequently  for 
two  years  had  charge  of  Meridian  Street  Church,  Indianapolis,  and  then  was 
elected  president  of  Indiana  Asbury  University,  whi'ch  position  he  held 
during  1872-75.  In  1877-80  he  had  charge  of  the  Central  Avenue  Church  in 
Indianapolis  and  the  following  year  was  stationed  in  Rushville,  Ind.  On 
account  of  failing  health  he  took  a  European  trip  and  after  his  return  was 
placed  in  charge  of  a  church  at  Franklin,  Ind.  His  health  failed  gradually 
and  he  died  at  his  home  in  Indianapolis  17  January,  1887.  Mr.  Andrus  was 
twice  married,  first  in  1849  to  Emeline  L.  Van  Pelt  of  Naples,  111.,  who  died 
in  1851,  and  in  1853  to  Matilda  Stamper  of  Decatur,  111.,  who  with  a  son  and 


24  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

daughter  survives  him.  As  a  preacher  Dr.  Andrus  was  clear,  logical  and 
forcible.  Socially  he  was  a  superior  man  and  was  fitted  both  by  nature  and 
education  to  be  a  leader  in  his  profession. 

21.  Edwin  Wesley  Barr,  b.  7  August,  1825,  in  Lancaster  county,  Penn. 
Coming  to  Illinois  he  was  a  pupil  in  the  ^uincy  public  schools  and  spent  two 
years,  1846-48,  in  Illinois  College.  He  attended  medical  lectures  in  JefTer- 
son  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  and  practiced  in  St.  Louis  from  1850  till 
his  death  on  7  October,  1878.  In  1859  Mary  Blaisdell  of  Lexington,  Mass., 
became  his  wife.  She  died  within  a  few  years.  In  1869  Dr.  Barr  married 
Mrs.  Alice  Edwards  of  New  York.  In  1875  his  name  was  changed  by  de- 
cree of  court  to  De  Barr,  that  having  been  the  original  form.  He  was  an 
excellent  pliysician,  a  high  minded,  honorable  and  cultured  gentleman  and 
had  travelled  considcrabl}'  in  foreign  countries. 

22.  Philip  King  Wilson,  b.  4  March.  1828,  at  Carmi,  White  co..  111.  He 
became  a  student  in  Illinois  College  in  1846  and  remained  two  years. 
Choosing  law  as  a  profession  he  studied  at  home  with  his  father,  Judge 
Wilson,  who  for  twenty-five  years  was  on  the  supreme  bench  of  the  state. 
Mr.  Wilson  practiced  for  a  short  time  in  Illinois,  then  settled  in  Burlington, 
la.,  in  1852,  and  continued  his  law  practice,  at  the  same  time  carrying  on 
real  estate  business  with  Dr.  Henry,  one  of  the  founders  of  Phi  Alpha  (see 
No.  5).  In  1S54  he  married  Miss  Mollie  Kelley  of  Burlington,  who  with  one 
daughter  survives  him.  He  gained  a  prominent  place  as  a  lawyer  and  gave 
promise  of  a  brilliant  and  honorable  career.  He  died  on  28  October,  1856. 
The  resolutions  passed  b}'  the  Burlington  bar  after  Mr.  Wilson's  death  bear 
testimonj"  as  to  his  Christian  character  and  his  high  standing  as  a  lawyer. 

23.  Samuel  Brown,  b.  15  November,  1824,  in  Robison  county,  N.  C. 
After  two  years  in  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  he  was 
compelled  to  leave  in  184S  on  account  of  ill  health.  Mr.  Brown  first  served 
as  a  store  clerk,  and  in  1854  went  into  mercantile  business  for  himself  at 
Plainview,  111.,  in  which  he  continued  until  his  death.  In  1854  he  married 
Sarah  Smith  of  Carlinville,  111.,  who  died  two  years  afterward,  leaving  a 
son.  In  1858  Jennie  Brown  of  Plainview,  became  his  wife.  For  thirty 
years  Mr.  Brown  was  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  for  twenty 
years  a  trustee  of  Blackburn  University,  Carlinville.  He  died  at  Plainview, 
on  13  July,  1886. 

24.  Albert  I.  Brooks,  b.  5  June,  1827,  in  Franklin  county,  Tenn.  He 
attended  schools  in  the  county  and  in  October,  1846,  entered  the  preparatory 
department  of  Illinois  College,  to  remain  until  1849.  Choosing  law  for  a 
profession  Mr.  Brooks  studied  in  Springfield,  111.  and  with  Hon.  T.  L. 
Harris  of  Petersburg,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  May,  1852,  and  practiced 
in  Petersburg  until  1861,  wlien  he  abandoned  the  occupation.  For  the 
succeeding  fifteen  years  he  held  a  position  in  one  of  the  departments  at 
Washington.  He  married  Ann  A.  Gill  of  Bloomington,  111.,  in  June,  1857, 
and  has  had  three  children,  two  of  whom,  a  daughter  and  son,  are  living. 
Mr.  Brooks  is  now  a  government  claim  agent,  his  home  being  in  Peters- 
burg, 111. 

25.  Edward  Prince,  b.  8  December,  1S32,  at  West  Bloomfield,  Ontario 
CO.,  N.  Y.     Removing  to  Illinois  he  attended  school  in  Payson.     He  entered 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  25 

the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1846,  the  college  two  years 
later,  and  was  graduated  in  1852  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  Mr.  Prince  at 
once  began  the  study  of  law  in  Quincy  with  Williams  and  Lawrence,  and 
was  there  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1853.  He  practiced  in  that  city  until  the 
war,  part  of  the  time  dealing  in  land.  Upon  offering  his  services  to  Go%'ernor 
Yates  in  i86i,  he  was  made  captain  and  drill-master  of  cavalry.  In  the  fall  of 
the  3'ear  he  was  commissioned  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  7th  Illinois  cavalry. 
He  was  in  many  important  campaigns  and  battles,  including  Corinth  and  the 
siege  of  Port  Hudson.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  conceiving  and  execut- 
ing what  was  known  as  the  Grierson  raid,  and  when  discharged  in  1864  held 
the  rank  of  colonel  of  the  7th  Illinois  cavalry.  In  September,  1867,  Mr. 
Prince  married  Virginia  M.  Arthur  of  Ouinc}-.  He  has  two  daughters. 
Immediately  after  the  war  he  studied  civil  engineering  which  he  made  use 
of  in  1873  by  building  and  operating  for  several  years  thereafter  the  Quincy 
water  works.  He  is  now  proprietor  of  a  large  cattle  ranch  in  southwestern 
Texas,  though  residing  in  Quincy. 

26.  Cornelius  Lansing  Dunham,  b.  9  May,  1824,  at  Lyme,  Grafton  co., 
N.  H.  He  attended  the  schools  of  his  town  and  in  1847  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege where  he  was  graduated  in  1851.  He  delivered  the  master's  oration 
three  years  later.  He  taught  school  during  vacations  and  after  graduation 
became  a  tutor  in  the  Illinois  Institution  for  the  Blind,  Jacksonville, 
holding  the  position  for  five  years.  In  1854  he  married.  After  leaving 
the  Institution  for  the  Blind  Mr.  Dunham  taught  school  for  four  years  in  St. 
Louis  and  then  farmed  near  Newport,  111.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  93d 
Illinois  infantry,  served  in  the  Vicksburg  campaign  and  thereafter  as  ser- 
geant major  guarded  prisoners  in  Rock  Island,  111.,  until  mustered  out  in 
July,  1S65.  In  1876  he  removed  to  Grinnell,  la.,  lived  there  but  a  short  time, 
went  to  Manatee,  Fla.,  and  in  1889  returned  to  Grinnell.  Mr.  Dunham  has 
four  sons  and  three  daughters. 

27.  Norman  McAlbin  Broadwell,  b.  i  August,  1S25,  in  Morgan  county, 
111.  After  going  through  the  common  schools  Mr.  Broadwell  was  admitted 
to  Illinois  College  in  1848,  left  during  the  next  year,  attended  McKendree 
College,  Lebanon,  111.,  in  1850,  taught  school  in  Morgan  county  in  1851  and 
then  studied  law  with  Lincoln  and  Herndon,  Springfield,  111.,  where  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1852.  Mr.  Broadwell  represented  Sangamon  county 
in  the  legislature  in  1861.  He  was  county  judge  in  1862-65  and  has  twice 
been  mayor  of  Springfield,  where  he  is  now  a  practicing  lawyer.  He  married 
Virginia  lies  of  Springfield  in  November,  1856.  Three  daughters  and  a  son 
are  living. 

28.  Jonathan  Edwards  Pond,  b.  28  February,  1827,  at  Upton,  Worcester 
CO.,  Mass.  He  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in 
1848  and  left  in  1850.  After  teaching  school  in  Pike  county.  111.,  and  study- 
ing law  he  removed  to  California  and  practiced  in  Napa  City  until  his  death 
in  1880.     Mr.  Pond  left  a  wife  and  several  children. 


26  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

1848-49 

29.  Thomas  Hall  Cantrill,  b.  i  November,  1829,  in  Springfield,  111.  He 
passed  through  the  common  schools  of  Macon  county,  111.,  and  spent  one 
year  in  Illinois  College,  entering  in  1848.  In  1853  Mr.  Cantrill  settled  in 
Walla  Walla,  W.  T.,  where  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business.  In  1857  he 
married  Mrs.  Hughston  at  The  Dalles,  Or.,  and  became  father  of  two 
daughters  and  one  son.     He  was  drowned  in  the  Columbia  River  in  1865. 

30.  George  J.  Summers  came  from  Midway,  Woodford  co.,  Ky.,  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1848  and  left  in  1850. 

31.  George  W.  Warner,  b.  26  July,  182S,  at  Washington,  Rappahanock 
CO.,  Va.  After  coining  to  Illinois  he  attended  district  schools  and  entering 
the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1848  left  at  the  end  of 
his  sophomore  year.  After  that  he  spent  a  year  each  in  Center  College, 
Danville,  Ky.,  and  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.  For  two  years,  1851 
-53,  he  was  a  school  teacher  at  Alison,  Lawrence  co.,  111.,  and  there  married 
Frances  J.  Thompson.  From  1853  until  his  death  on  3  December,  1857,  Mr. 
Warner  was  a  farmer  and  stock  raiser. 

32.  John  Worth  English,  b.  31  January,  1831,  in  Jackson  county,  W.  Va. 
He  attended  private  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  was  grad- 
uated in  1851  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  After  studying  law  with  Henry  J- 
Fisher  of  Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va.,  Mr.  English  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1858.  He  has  since  been  very  successful  as  a  lawyer  and  is  now  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  supreme  court  of  appeals  of  West  Virginia. 

33.  Roger  T.  Quisenberry  came  from  Winchester,  Ky.,  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1S48  and  remained  one  year.     He  is  now  living  near  Winchester. 

34.  Henry  R.  Smith  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1846  and  remained  until  1849. 

35.  Row^land  Ross  Chambers,  b.  16  January,  1832,  near  Midway,  Wood- 
ford CO.,  Ky.  In  1837  his  parents  removed  to  Jacksonville,  III.,  where  Mr. 
Chambers  attended  private  schools.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  184S 
and  was  graduated  in  1852  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  Since  graduation  he  has 
been  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in  Jacksonville.  In  November,  1859, 
he  married  Georgiana  Trabue  of  Jacksonville,  and  has  three  sons  and  a 
daughter. 

36.  Josiah  W.  Lamme  entered  Illinois  College  from  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in 
184S,  and  left  after  a  year. 

37.  James  O.  Henry  came  to  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  left  in  1S49. 

38.  Charles  Burr  Whiting,  b.  7  December,  1827,  at  Barkhamstead,  Conn. 
He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  left  in  1851.  For  the  next  four 
years  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  Rockport,  111.,  then  located  in 
Taylor's  Falls,  Minn.,  where  he  followed  mercantile  and  lumber  business 
until  1874.  During  the  war  Mr.  Whiting  was  deputy  provost  marshal  with 
headquarters  in  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  and  later  he  held  the  office  of  U.  S.  commis- 
sioner. In  1864-67  he  was  register  of  the  U.  S.  land  office  in  Taylor's  Falls, 
but  resigned  on  account  of  ill  health.  In  September,  1854,  he  married  at 
South  Hadley,  Mass.,  Sarah  Hayes,  and  in  October,  1859,  Flavia  Blanding, 
at  St.  Croix  Falls,  Wis.  Mr.  Whiting  died  in  Taylor's  Falls,  on  20  March, 
1879,  leaving  three  sons  and  a  daughter.     He  was  a  man  of  good  business 


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qualities,  strictly  honorable  in  his  dealings  and  much  respected  by  his  com- 
munity^ 

39.  George  Murray  McConnel,  b.  23  December,  1833,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  His  early  instruction  being  gained  in  a  private  school,  he  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1849,  remained  till  1851,  then  became  a  student  in  Union 
College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1852.  He  studied 
law  with  his  brother,  J.  S.  McConnel  of  Jacksonville,  and  in  the  Harvard 
Law  School.  After  admission  to  the  bar  he  practiced  in  his  native  city  until 
1862.  During  the  war  he  was  a  paymaster  in  the  U.  S.  army,  and  from  its  close 
till  1875  was  a  manufacturer  and  banker  in  Jacksonville.  In  1872-73  Mr. 
McConnel  was  mayor  of  the  city.  The  four  years  following  his  departure 
from  Jacksonville  were  spent  in  work  on  the  stafTof  the  "  Chicago  Saturday 
Evening  Herald,"  and  from  1879  he  has  been  dramatic,  literary  and  musical 
editor  of  the  "  Chicago  Times."  Mr.  McConnel  was  married  in  January, 
1857,  to  Maria  A.  Gillette  of  Jacksonville.  They  have  three  daughters  and 
two  sons. 

40.  Hiram  Mars,  b.  7  January,  1830,  in  Oldham  county,  Ky.  He  attended 
private  schools  in  his  native  county  and  in  Ouincy,  111.,  and  Illinois  College 
for  three  years,  1S47-49.  Mr.  Mars  engaged  in  farming  in  1850-56,  in  Adams 
county.  III.,  and  was  afterwards  a  manufacturer  of  doors,  sash  and  blinds  in 
Galesburg,  111.,  a  year.  In  1862-64  he  held  the  office  of  assistant  supervising 
agent  of  the  treasurj'  department  in  Memphis,  Tenn.  Since  the  war  he 
has  been  in  the  lumber  business  in  Galesburg.  In  December,  1852, 
he  married  Louisa  F.  Barr  of  Quincy,  111.,  by  whom  he  became  father  of  a 
daughter.  His  wife  died  in  1864,  and  in  1872  he  married  Lizzie  H.  Smith, 
of  Wellsburg,  W.  Va.     They  have  two  daughters  and  a  son. 

41.  Albert  D.  Glover,  b.  at  Harrodsburg,  Mercer  co.,  Ky.  He  attended 
Masonic  College,  Philadelphia,  entered  Illinois  College  in  184S  and  left 
during  his  senior  year,  1S51.  Mr.  Glover  studied  law  with  Hon.  Samuel  T. 
Glover  of  St.  Louis,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ouincy,  111.,  in  1854.  and  in 
St.  Louis  in  1S55,  and  practiced  in  Illinois  and  Missouri.  In  1S61  he  was 
appointed  U.  S.  commissioner  for  the  St.  Louis  district,  and  subsequently 
served  for  four  years  in  the  Union  army  as  first  major  of  the  3d  Missouri 
cavalry.  He  married  Miss  Callie  Richards  of  La  Grange,  Mo.,  in  April, 
1862.  Of  their  five  children,  three,  two  sons  and  a  daughter,  are  living. 
Since  the  war  Mr.  Glover  has  been  a  farmer,  his  home  being  in  Newark, 
Knox  CO.,  Mo. 

42.  Lewis  C.  Bonney,  b.  28  February,  1827,  in  Chemung  county,  N.  Y. 
When  six  years  old  he  came  to  Illinois  with  his  parents  and  attended  the 
country  schools  of  Cass  county  and  the  graded  schools  of  Virginia.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  left  in  the  spring  of  1850.  Mr.  Bonney 
studied  law  with  Daily  and  Smith  of  New  York  and  afterwards  during 
1852-54  with  Hon.  G.  L.  Smith.  In  1856  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Ithaca, 
N.  Y.  and  practiced  in  Steuben  and  Chemung  counties  for  a  time.  He  was 
married  to  Eliza  F.  Lane  of  Keosaqua,  la.,  in  1858  and  in  1880  to  Mrs. 
Margaret  Bryson  of  the  same  place.  Mr.  Bonney  has  taught  school  in 
Virginia  and  other  places  in  Illinois,  New  York  and  Iowa.  He  is  now 
engaged  in  the  book  trade.  By  his  first  marriage  he  became  father  of  a 
daughter  and  two  sons,  one  of  the  latter  dying  in  infancy. 


28  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

43.  Ninian  Edwards  Primm,  b.  6  April,  1830,  at  Athens,  Menard  co., 
111.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  1847. 
Leaving  in  1849  to  enter  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  he  was  there 
graduated  in  1852.  After  teaching  school  for  a  brief  period  in  Sangamon 
count}-,  111.,  Mr.  Primm  read  law  with  Stuart  and  Edwards,  Springtield,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Louisville,  (Ky.)  Law  School  in  1S54.  In  July,  1856, 
he  married  Lizzie  Wood  of  Springfield,  where  he  was  engaged  in  practice. 
He  died  at  his  home  on  8  September,  1S58,  after  a  short  illness.  Mr.  Primm 
was  a  young  man  of  the  best  character  and  thoroughly  devoted  to  his  pro- 
fession. 

44.  S.  O.  Able.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  left  during  the 
same  year.     When  last  heard  from  he  was  traveling  in  South  America. 


1849-50 

45.  Walter  G.  Bergen,  b.  18  February,  1830,  at  Jersey  Prairie,  Morgan 
CO.,  111.  He  attended  the  common  schools  before  entering  the  prepar- 
atory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1849.  Mr.  Bergen  went  home  after 
commencement  in  June,  1852,  with  the  expectation  of  returning  in  the  fall, 
but  was  taken  sick  with  typhoid  fever  during  vacation,  and  died  on  11  August. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  considered  by  those  who 
knew  him  as  a  young  man  of  unusually  fine  character. 

46.  Augustus  Kerr  Riggin,  b.  23  April,  1S22,  near  the  present  site  of 
Athens,  Menard  co..  111.  After  obtaining  a  preparatory  education  in  the 
common  schools  and  spending  a  year  in  McKendree  College,  Lebanon, 
111.,  he  was  a  student  in  Illinois  College  one  year,  1S49-50.  He  subsequently 
taught  school  in  Petersburg,  Beardstown  and  Middletown,  111.  and  in  Miss- 
issippi. Mr.  Riggin  studied  law  with  Hon.  T.  L.  Harris  of  Petersburg,  in 
1848,  but  never  practiced.  In  1852-60  he  was  circuit  clerk  of  Menard 
count}-.  Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  general  farming  and  stock 
raising.  In  November,  1874,  Mr.  Riggin  married  Mary  C.  Deal  of  McLean 
county.  III.     They  have  three  sons. 

47.  E.  W.  Roberts  entered  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  left  after  one 
year. 

48.  Alexander  Halbert,  b.  in  1S31,  in  Virginia,  III.  A  course  in  the  com- 
mon schools  fitted  him  for  entering  the  preparator}-  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1849.  After  leaving  in  1850  he  attended  medical  schools  in 
St.  Louis  and  Philadelphia.  He  then  practiced  in  Decatur  and  Springfield, 
111.,  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on  11  February,  1859. 

49.  Marvin  Moore  Hamilton,  b.  25  July,  1S28,  in  Johnstown,  Fulton 
CO.,  N.  Y.  He  attended  the  common  schools  of  Carthage,  111.,  which  place 
had  become  the  family  home,  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Ill- 
inois College  in  1849,  ^"d  remained  until  the  end  of  his  junior  college  year. 
He  served  in  the  Mormon  war  as  a  member  of  the  "  Carthage  Greys  "  and 
was  on  guard  when  Joseph  and  Hiram  Smith  were  killed  by  a  mob  in  1844. 
Mr.  Hamilton  died  of  cholera  on  19  July,  1S51,  at  his  home.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church,  a  young  man  of  verj'  high  character  and 
standing,  and  a  thorough  student. 


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50.  E.  T.  Hollister,  b.  8  July,  1S32,  at  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.  He  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1849,  ^"^  remained  a  year.  Since  the  latter  date  Mr. 
Hollister  has  been  a  general  commission  merchant  in  St.  Louis. 

51.  Cicero  Davis  Miller,  b.  29  July,  1832,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  village  schools,  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1S48,  the  college  in  1849,  and  left  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore 
year  in  1851.  Mr.  Miller's  business  has  been  that  of  an  accountant,  having 
had  charge  of  mercantile  offices  in  New  Orleans,  La.,  Chicago  and  Jack- 
sonville, 111.  He  married  Miss  Ada  F.  Brogden  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  on  15 
September,  1S5S.     They  have  four  daughters  and  a  son. 

52.  Giles  Mears,  b.  12  June,  1830,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  While  he  was  very 
young,  his  parents  removed  to  Granville,  III.,  where  he  attended  school.  His 
ambition  for  an  education  led  him  to  enter  Illinois  College  in  i8|S,  but  he 
was  able  to  remain  only  for  a  short  time.  In  1854  he  entered  Oberlin  College, 
O.,  and  left  after  a  year.  He  taught  school  in  Grant  county,  Wis.,  in  1856, 
and  died  at  Lancaster,  in  the  same  county,  on  30  March,  1857,  leaving  a 
wife  and  daughter.  The  latter  now  reside  in  Cawker  City,  Kan.  Mr. 
Mears,  both  as  a  youth  and  a  man,  showed  himself  to  be  a  devoted  Chris- 
tian.    He  took  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  Sunday  school  work. 

53.  Joseph  Harper  Pillsbury,  b.  3  August,  1830,  in  Canterbury,  N.  H. 
In  June,  1S36,  he  came  to  Illinois  with  his  parents  and  settled  near  New 
Salem,  Menard  co.  After  attending  the  common  schools  he  entered  the 
preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1848  and  the  college  in 
1850.  He  was  librarian  and  treasurer  of  Phi  Alpha.  After  leaving  Col- 
lege in  the  spring  of  1852,  he  taught  school  for  three  years  in  Menard  county 
and  in  1855  was  principal  of  the  first  free  school  in  Petersburg.  Pursuing 
the  study  of  law  with  Hon.  T.  L.  Harris  in  1855-56,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  June  of  the  latter  year.  He  has  never  practiced  as  a  regular  attorney. 
Mr.  Pillsbur}'^  was  superintendent  of  schools  for  Menard  county  one  term, 
being  elected  in  1855.  He  was  also  police  magistrate  for  five  years  and  mas- 
ter in  chancery  in  1858-66.  He  has  been  a  farmer,  merchant,  and  real-estate 
dealer.  He  married  Susan  M.  Gardner  of  Sangamon  county.  111.,  and  has 
one  daughter  and  one  son. 

54.  William  M.  Helm  in  1849  came  to  Illinois  College  from  Springfield, 
111.,  and  left  in  1850. 

SS-  James  Harvey  Blodgett,  b.  11  February,  1832,  at  Whitesboro,  N.  Y. 
He  attended  Shaw  Academy,  Euclid,  O.,  in  1842-44,  moved  to  Jacksonville, 
111.,  in  1846,  and  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in 
1849.  Mr.  Blodgett  became  president  of  Phi  Alpha.  He  was  graduated 
in  1853  and  took  the  master's  degree  in  1856.  He  taught  school  in 
Cass  county.  111.,  in  1850-51;  near  St.  Charles,  Mo.,  in  1851-52;  was 
an  Illinois  College  tutor  in  1853-54  ;  then  taught  school  in  St.  Louis  in 
1854-55  and  in  Beloit,  Wis.,  in  1855-56.  Mr.  Blodget  was  instrumental 
in  organizing  public  schools  in  various  cities  in  Illinois.  In  i860  he 
edited  the  "  Illinois  Teacher,"  and  in  August  of  the  same  year  married 
Mary  C.  Brown,  of  Farmingham,  Mass.  To  them  have  been  born  a  son  and 
two  daughters  both  of  whom  are  now  dead.  Mr.  Blodgett  enlisted  in  1861 
as  a  private  in  company  C,  75th  Illinois  infantry.     He  was  first  appointed 


30  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

orderly  sergeant,  and  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  1862,  first 
lieutenant  in  1863,  captain  in  1865,  and  served  as  regimental  quarter-master 
from  1863  till  mustered  out.  He  was  wounded  at  Perryville,  Ky.,8  October, 
1862,  taken  prisoner  at  Stone  River,  Tenn.,  in  December,  1862,  and  held  at 
Atlanta  and  Libby  prisons  until  exchanged  8  April,  1863.  From  1865  to 
1870  Mr.  Blodgett  was  principal  of  the  West  Rockford  (111.)  high  school. 
He  has  been  a  frequent  contributor  to  various  publications  of  articles  on 
educational  and  scientific  subjects.  He  was  special  agent  of  the  tenth 
Census  in  1881-84,  and  in  1884-89  edited  the  publications  of  the  U.  S. 
Geological  Survey.  He  is  now  special  agent  of  the  eleventh  census  for 
educational  statistics  with  headquarters  at  Washington.  His  home  address 
is  Rockford,  111. 

56.  Charles  Gladney,  b.  15  May,  1826,  at  Auburn,  Lincoln  co..  Mo. 
He  attended  common  schools  and  pursued  classical  studies  a  year  with  a 
private  tutor,  entered  the  junior  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1849,  and  was 
graduated  in  1851  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  Mr.  Gladney  was  recording 
secretary-  of  the  society.  For  the  ten  years  immediately  after  graduation  he 
taught  school  in  Monroe  county,  Miss.,  and  in  Pike  and  Lincoln  counties.  Mo. 
In  November,  1859  he  married  a  Miss  Beasley,  who  died  in  1SS3  leaving 
three  children.  During  the  war  Mr.  Gladney  farmed  and  has  since  been 
engaged  part  of  the  time  in  teaching  and  part  in  farming,  his  present  occu- 
pation.    He  lives  near  Annada,  Pike  co.,  Mo. 

57.  Benjamin  Franklin  Warner,  b.  27  June,  1830,  at  Washington, 
Rappahannock  co.,  Va.  He  came  to  Illinois  and  attended  school  at  Law- 
renceville  in  1844-47.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  184S,  and  the  next 
year  left  to  attend  Center  College,  Danville,  Ky.  After  leaving  that  institu- 
tion Mr.  Warner  spent  some  time  in  Fisk's  Commercial  College,  Coving- 
ton, Ky.  In  1851-52  he  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Lawrenceville, 
and  in  1852-60  at  Bridgeport,  111.  He  married  Mari-  J.  Wright  at  Mt.  Car- 
mel.  111.,  in  1858.  Mr.  Warner  served  for  three  years  in  the  Union  army  as 
a  private  in  company  C,  115th  Illinois  infantry,  and  as  such  took  part  in  Gen. 
Granger's  Kentucky  campaign  in  pursuit  of  Morgan  in  1862,  in  the  Nash- 
ville-.\tlanta  campaign  of  1S63-64,  and  in  1865  was  in  the  army  stationed  at 
Bay  Mountain  to  cut  oflf  Johnston's  retreat  from  Virginia.  He  fought  at 
Chattanooga,  where  he  was  taken  prisoner,  at  Resaca,  Atlanta  and  Nashville, 
Mr.  Warner  resided  in  California  in  1869-70,  and  in  the  latter  year  settled 
in  Kansas,  turning  his  attention  to  farming  and  stock-raising  until  1S8S. 
He  then  moved  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he  now  lives,  and  has  since  been 
in  the  real-estate  business.     He  has  four  sons  and  three  daughters. 

58.  William  Augustus  Knox,  b.  8  August,  1832,  at  Kinston,  N.  C. 
Coming  west  in  1S37,  his  parents  settled  in  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Knox  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1849  -1"^  ^^^s  graduated  in  1852  with  the  degree  of  B.A., 
and  afterwards  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  He  was  president  of  the 
society.  After  graduation  he  studied  in  Jefferson  Medical  College  and  was 
graduated  in  1854.  Dr.  Knox  practiced  in  Rock  Island,  111.,  in  1854-59,  in 
Virden,  111.,  in  1859-66  and  in  Chicago  in  1866-72.  Serving  as  assistant 
surgeon  of  the  9th  Illinois  cavalry  for  a  short  time  he  was  promoted  to 
surgeon  of  the  I22d   Illinois  infantry  in  the  fall  of  1862  and  in  all  served 


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about  two  years.  In  1855  Dr.  Knox  married  Georgiana  E.  Heaton  of 
Virden.  The  five  children  born  to  them  died  in  infancy.  During  his 
residence  in  Chicago  Dr.  Knox  was  an  examiner  of  pension  applicants. 
For  a  good  many  3ears  his  wife  has  been  an  invalid  and  he  is  devoting  his 
time  to  her  care.     His  present  residence  is  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

59.  William  Ransom  Hamilton,  b.  5  November,  1829,  at  Johnstown, 
Fulton  CO.,  N.  Y.  With  his  parents  he  removed  to  Carthage,  111.,  in  1835, 
and  there  attended  the  district  school.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  the 
fall  of  1849  and  stayed  only  one  term.  Since  leaving  college  Mr.  Hamilton 
has  been  a  farmer  near  Carthage.  He  was  sheriflTof  Hancock  county  in  1858- 
60,  afterwards  supervisor  for  five  years  and  is  now  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
has  held  nearly  all  the  offices  of  his  city  and  township.  Mr.  Hamilton's 
marriage  to  Martha  H.  Miller  took  place  in  June,  1854.  They  have  had  six 
children,  three  of  whom  are  still  living. 

60.  John  Irving  Rinaker,  b.  18  November,  1830,  in  Baltimore,  Md.  He 
was  left  an  orphan  when  very  young  and  in  1836  came  to  Illinois  with  Mr. 
John  T.  Alden  with  whom  he  lived  in  Sangamon  county  until  1840.  He  then 
went  to  Morgan  county,  worked  for  various  farmers  and  occasionally  attended 
the  common  schools  in  the  winter  season.  In  1849  Mr.  Rinaker  entered 
Illinois  College  and  after  attending  for  a  while  went  to  McKendree  College, 
Lebanon,  111.,  where  he  pursued  the  scientific  course  and  was  graduated  in 
1851.  He  taught  school  during  college  vacations  and  in  1852  was  a  tutor  in 
McKendree  College.  The  next  year  he  began  law  study  with  Hon.  John 
M.  Palmer,  who  was  afterwards  governor  of  the  state,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1854.  Mr.  Rinaker  at  once  entered  upon  practice  in  Carlinville, 
111.,  and  has  remained  there  ever  since.  In  October,  1855,  he  married 
Clarissa  Keplinger  of  Morgan  county.  111.,  by  whom  he  has  had  five  children, 
four  now  living.  The  two  eldest  are  practicing  lawyers.  In  1862  he  re- 
cruited and  organized  the  I22d  Illinois  infantry  and  was  made  its  colonel. 
During  most  of  his  service  Mr.  Rinaker  had  command  of  a  brigade  and 
served  in  such  capacity  at  the  capture  of  Blakely,  Ala.,  in  1865,  at  the  head 
of  the  1st  brigade,  2d  division,  i6th  army  corps.  He  was  commissioned 
brevet  brigadier  general  of  volunteers  bj'  President  Lincoln.  In  1872  he 
was  a  presidential  elector  on  the  Republican  ticket  from  the  17th  con- 
gressional district  and  again  in  1876  for  the  state  at  large.  He  was  also  a 
candidate  for  congress  from  the  above  mentioned  district  in  1874.  Governor 
Oglesb}'  appointed  him  a  member  of  the  board  of  railroad  and  warehouse 
commissioners  in  1885,  of  which  he  acted  as  chairman  until  the  end  of  his 
term  in  1889. 

61.  C.  B.  Sanders,  b.  in  1829,  in  Fairfax  county,  Va.  Removing  to  Illi- 
nois in  1844  he  attended  the  common  schools  of  Morgan  and  Cass  counties, 
and  Illinois  College  in  1849-50.  He  farmed  in  Cass  county  until  1858,  then 
in  McLean  county  until  1878.  He  married  a  Miss  Mary  Teal.  In  1878  he 
moved  to  Barton  count}',  Mo.,  where  he  has  since  followed  his  occupation  of 
farming.     Mr.  Sanders  has  two  daughters  and  a  son. 

62.  Franklin  Smith  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1S49,  coming  from  Morgan  county,  and  left  in  1850. 

63.  James  W.  Moffet,  b.  4  June,  1830,  in  Springfield,  III.     He  was  pre- 


32  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

pared  for  college  by  a  private  tutor  and  entered  in  1849.  He  left  in  1851 
and  subsequently  tauglit  school  in  Dallas,  Tex.,  and  in  Sangamon  county, 
111.  In  1S54-56  he  read  law  with  Herndon  and  Lincoln  of  his  native  city 
and  after  admission  to  the  bar  practiced  there  with  his  father,  Judge  Thomas 
MofTet.     He  died  of  consumption  on  4  September,  1864. 

64.  Albert  Gallatin  Shortt,  b.  2  September,  1827,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
He  attended  the  commun  schools  and  the  high  school  in  Virginia,  111.,  after 
which  he  was  a  student  in  Illinois  College  for  three  years.  1848-51.  Teaching 
school  was  his  occupation  for  a  part  of  the  year  1852  and  farming  thereafter 
until  1S69,  when  he  went  into  the  stock  business.  He  continued  in  this 
until  his  death  in  Jacksonville,  on  15  August,  1876.  Mr.  Shortt  was  an  up- 
right and  successful  business  man  and  a  sincere  Christian. 

65.  Charles  Ridgely,  b.  17  January,  1836,  in  Springfield,  111.  Private 
schools  were  the  sources  of  his  primarj'  education  until  he  entered  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1849  to  remain  till  March,  1852, 
his  sophomore  year.  Mr.  Ridgely  at  once  took  a  clerkship  in  Clark's  Ex- 
change Bank,  Springfield,  of  which  he  was  made  cashier  in  1856.  In  185S  he 
became  one  of  the  banking  firm  of  N.  H.  Ridgely  and  company  and  in  1866 
was  chosen  vice-president  of  the  Ridgely  National  Bank,  in  which  capacity 
he  still  serves.  Mr.  Ridgely  was  a  candidate  for  state  treasurer  in  1870,  and 
during  the  following  year  organized  the  Springfield  Iron  company  and  built 
the  rolling  mills  there.  He  is  president  of  the  company.  Four  years  ago 
he  organized  the  Consolidated  Coal  company  of  St.  Louis  of  which  he  is 
also  president.  From  1877  until  the  road  went  into  a  receiver's  hands  he 
was  a  director  of  the  Wabash  Railroad.  Since  18S6  he  has  been  a  trustee  of 
Illinois  College.  Miss  J.  M.  Barret  of  Springfield  became  his  wife  in  June, 
1857.     Two  sons  and  a  daughter  have  been  born  to  them. 

66.  William  B.  Rucker  entered  Illinois  College  from  Macon  county,  111., 
in  1849  and  rcmaineti  a  year.     He  died  in  August,  1851. 

67.  Philemon  Warren,  b.  at  Georgetown,  Ky.  He  attended  the  Western 
Military  Institute  in  his  native  town,  and  served  in  the  Mormon  war  of  1845. 
Entering  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1848  he  left  in 
1S50.     Mr.  Warren  has  followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer  since  185S. 

68.  Curtis  Conn  Swanwick,  b.  in  1832  at  Pym's  Farm,  Perry  co..  111. 
He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1849  ^"d  after  leaving  in  1851  engaged  in  the 
study  of  medicine.  He  first  practiced  at  Shiioh  Hill,  III.,  then  at  Lawrence- 
ville  and  Bradly.  Dr.  Swanwick  married  a  niece  of  Gen.  John  A.  Logan 
and  became  the  father  of  three  children,  two  of  whom  are  living  with  their 
mother  in  Bradly.  His  death  occurred  at  his  native  place  in  Perry  county, 
on  13  January,  1874.  Dr.  Swanwick  attained  a  high  standing  in  the  com- 
munities in  which  he  resided  both  as  a  physician  and  a  citizen. 

69.  Thomas  S.  Morrison,  b.  13  January,  1832,  in  Perry  county,  111.  He 
attended  public  schools  in  Washington  and  Randolph  counties,  111.,  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1S49  and  left  in  1852.  Mr.  Morrison  held  the  office  of 
president  of  Phi  Alpha  one  year.  For  two  years,  1S58-60  he  studied  law 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  practiced  a  short  time  at  Chester,  111.,  and 
then  enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  serving  for  three  years.  Since  1870  he  has 
been  engaged  in  farming. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  33 

1850-51 

70.  Charles  Aunspaugh  Keyes,  b.  4  December,  1S32,  in  Springfield,  III. 
He  attended  private  schools  until  eighteen  j'ears  old,  then  made  his  entrance 
into  Illinois  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1854  with  the  degree  of 
B.A.  During  his  senior  year  he  was  president  of  Phi  Alpha.  After  gradu- 
ation he  studied  law  with  Hon.  Elliott  B.  Herndon,  Springfield,  until  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  1856.  For  two  years  Mr.  Keyes  was  city  attorney,  and 
in  1862-63  and  again  in  1884-85  was  a  representative  in  the  Illinois  legisla- 
ture. From  1867  to  1875  he  held  the  office  of  master  in  chancery  of  San- 
gamon county  and  in  1S76  was  a  candidate  for  presidential  elector  on  the 
Democratic  ticket.  He  now  practices  law  in  his  native  city.  In  May,  1869, 
he  married  Elizabeth  Lanman  of  Xenia,  O.,  and  has  two  daughters  and  a  son. 

71.  William  Wallace  Happy,  jr.,  b.  17  May,  1832,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  attended  private  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850  and  was 
graduated  in  1854  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  The  degree  of  M.A.  was  after- 
ward conferred  on  him.  He  taught  school  in  Greenbush  and  Jackson- 
ville, 111.,  then  became  professor  of  mathematics  and  languages  in  Berean 
College,  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  After  holding  that  position  for  five  )'ears  he  was 
appointed  professor  of  mathematics  in  the  Institution  for  the  Blind  in  Jack- 
sonville.    He  died  on  25  May,  1862. 

72.  George  Seldew  Smith,  b.  27  May,  1833,  at  Millersburg,  Bourbon  co., 
K)^  Jacksonville,  111.,  became  his  home  in  1835,  and  after  a  course  in 
private  schools  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850,  leaving  two  3'^ears  later. 
In  1854  Mr.  Smith  went  to  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  and  was 
there  graduated  in  1856.  He  practiced  in  that  city  for  two  years,  and  for 
the  succeeding  eight  years  in  Jacksonville,  111.  In  1862-63  Dr.  Smith  was 
surgeon  of  the  loist  Illinois  infantry,  a  regiment  recruited  from  Morgan 
county.  In  1866  he  removed  to  Pekin,  111.,  and  in  1884  to  Lake  View, 
where  he  is  now  living.  He  has  always  taken  great  interest  in  educa- 
tional matters,  and  was  for  three  years  trustee  and  inspector  of  the  Pekin 
public  schools.  He  married  Mary  Mans  of  that  city,  in  June,  1857,  and 
has  four  sons  and  two  daughters. 

73.  Robert  Hitt,  b.  in  1833,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1849  ^"d  remained  one  year,  after  which  he  attended  the  Western 
Militarj'  Institute  in  Kentucky  for  some  time.  In  1858-59  Mr.  Hitt  studied 
law  in  Jacksonville  with  Brown  and  Yates.  When  the  war  broke  out  he 
was  living  in  Memphis,  Tenn.  He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  service, 
commanded  a  company  at  Belmont  and  Pittsburg  Landing,  and  received 
severe  wounds  in  both  battles.  He  served  with  distinction  throughout  his 
career  as  a  soldier,  and  was  killed  in  the  battle  of  Prairie  Grove,  Ark.,  while 
in  command  of  a  regiment. 

74.  John  M.  Woodson  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850  and  left  within  a 
year. 

75.  John  Dallas  Hamilton,  b.  30  April,  1833,  at  Bleeker,  N.  Y.  In  July, 
1835,  his  family  came  to  Illinois.  Mr.  Hamilton  went  through  the  common 
school  course  at  Carthage,  Hancock  co.,  in  the  autumn  of  1849  entered 
Illinois  College  and  left  in  April,  1855.     He  engaged  in  farming  near  Car- 

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34  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

thage  until  1861,  enlisted  in  the  i6th  Illinois  infantry  and  served  until 
March,  1865,  holding  the  rank  of  sergeant-major  when  mustered  out.  His 
regiment  went  with  Sherman  to  the  sea,  and  also  saw  active  service  in 
Missouri,  Kentucky,  Mississippi  and  Alabama.  From  1865  till  1871  Mr. 
Hamilton  was  assistant  assessor  of  internal  revenue.  In  1S70  he  was  a 
candidate  for  circuit  clerk  in  Hancock  county,  111.  Since  May,  1S72,  he  has 
been  connected  with  the  Illinois  state  penitentiary  service  at  Joliet  and 
Chester,  part  of  the  time  as  purchaser  and  part  as  purveyor  or  steward.  Mr. 
Hamilton  held  the  office  of  assistant  clerk  of  the  lower  house  in  the  28th 
general  assembly  of  Illinois.  In  October,  1872,  occurred  his  marriage  to 
Margaret  F.  Logan  of  Carthage.     He  has  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

76.  Robert  A,  Campbell,  b.  2  September,  1833,  at  Bowling  Green,  Pike 
CO.,  Mo.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Bowling  Green  and  Spring 
River  Academy,  in  Lawrence  county,  entered  Illinois  College  in  the  fall  of 
1850  and  left  in  the  spring  of  1852.  By  an  overland  trip  he  went  to  Cali- 
fornia and  spent  one  year  there.  After  his  return  he  was  emploj-ed  in  a 
Louisiana,  Mo.,  dry  goods  store  a  year,  then  for  four  years  studied  law  with 
Col.  James  O.  Broadhead  of  his  own  city,  and  in  i860  was  licensed  as 
attorney  at  law.  While  a  law  student  he  was  appointed  enrolling  clerk  of 
the  state  legislature  and  subsequently  assistant  clerk  of  the  lower  house. 
In  1861  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  convention  called  to  consider  the 
relations  of  Missouri  to  the  Union.  Governor  Gamble  commissioned  him 
captain  and  assistant  adjutant  general  in  May,  1861,  and  as  such  he  served 
in  the  brigade  of  Gen.  J.  B.  Henderson.  In  1862  he  was  commissioned 
major  of  the  49th  Missouri  infantry,  with  which  regiment  he  served  during 
the  war.  Mr.  Campbell  was  a  conservative  Union  man,  and  as  such  was 
a  candidate  for  the  legislature  in  1862  but  was  defeated.  Two  years  later  he 
was  nominated  by  the  Democrats  as  a  delegate  to  the  state  constitutional 
convention  that  met  in  St.  Louis.  In  1865,  after  the  adoption  of  what  was 
known  as  the  Drake  constitution,  he  defended  Father  Cummins,  a  Catholic 
priest,  who  was  indicted  for  preaching  without  first  taking  the  test  oath  pre- 
scribed in  that  constitution.  The  test  oath  clause  after  appeal  of  the  case 
from  circuit  and  state  supreme  court  was  decided  by  the  U.  S.  supreme 
court  to  be  unconstitutional  and  void.  Mr.  Campbell  was  married  in 
November,  1866,  to  Margaret  Blaine  of  Bowling  Green.  He  was  president 
of  the  Louisiana  and  Missouri  River  Railroad  Company  during  1867-70, 
and  subsequently  of  the  St.  Louis,  Keokuk  and  Northwestern.  He  served 
a  term  as  a  member  of  the  state  legislature  after  being  elected  in  1868.  In 
1874  he  located  in  St.  Louis.  As  agent  and  attorney  for  the  owners  he  built 
the  Lindell  Hotel.  While  a  member  of  the  legislature  from  a  city  district 
in  1876,  and  again  in  1S78,  he  was  chairman  of  important  committees.  He 
was  elected  lieutenant-governor  by  the  Democrats  in  1880.  He  was  defeated 
for  the  nomination  for  governor  in  1884  by  Gen.  Marmaduke.  At  the  end 
of  his  lieutenant-governorship  he  was  elected  comptroller  of  St.  Louis  for  a 
four  years  term,  and  as  such  devised  a  scheme  and  raised  five  millions  of 
dollars  for  building  new  city  water  works.  By  appointment  from  Governor 
Francis  he  is  now  judge  of  the  city  court  of  criminal  correction.  He  has  a 
son  and  daughter. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  35 

77.  William  Rice  Craig,  b.  15  July,  1832,  in  Morgan  county,  111.  He  was 
in  attendance  at  private  schools  in  Jacksonville  for  a  while  and  afterwards 
entered  Illinois  College.  After  leaving  college  Mr.  Craig  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. In  1S72  he  moved  to  Jefferson  county,  Neb.,  where  he  continued  his 
occupation.  While  living  there  he  served  two  or  three  terms  as  county 
commissioner.  His  marriage  to  Mary  E.  Craig  of  Morgan  county,  111.,  took 
place  in  January,  1S61.  In  1884  he  moved  to  a  farm  near  Appomattox, 
Dak.,  where  he  now  resides.     He  has  three  daughters  and  two  sons. 

78.  Jacob  Ruble,  b.  24  May,  1829,  in  Morgan  county.  111.  He  attended 
common  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850  and  remained  a  year.  In 
1853-54  Mr.  Ruble  attended  Howes  Academy,  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.,  and  in  1855 
Iowa  Wesleyan  University  at  the  same  place.  He  there  married  Thadotia 
Kingsbury.  For  the  past  thirty-five  years  he  has  taught  school  in  various 
places.  He  was  ordained  a  minister  in  the  Christian  Church,  Labette 
county,  Kan.,  in   1875. 

79.  W.  Reid  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850  and  left  in  1851. 

80.  Irvin  Dunlap,  b.  12  March,  1835,  at  Westville,  Champaign  co.,  O. 
At  an  early  period  of  his  life  Jacksonville,  111.,  became  his  home,  and  he  there 
attended  the  common  schools.  Two  years  were  spent  in  Illinois  College, 
1850-52,  after  which  he  was  alternately  a  farmer  and  merchant  until  1874. 
In  December,  1856,  he  married  Mary  F.  Layton  of  Morgan  county,  and  has 
one  son.  He  was  an  alderman  in  Jacksonville  in  1869-70,  and  in  1874,  1876 
and  1878  successively  was  elected  sheriff  of  Morgan  county.  For  the  four 
years  between  1882  and  1886  he  held  the  office  of  county  treasurer.  At 
present  he  is  manager  of  the  Arlington  Hotel,  Riverside,  Cal. 

81.  M.  Redding  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850  and  left  in  1851. 

82.  Abram  S.  Bergen,  b.  11  March,  1836,  at  Princeton,  Cass  co..  111. 
He  attended  the  country  schools,  more  commonly  called  "Brush  College," 
spent  two  years  in  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  college,  entered 
the  college  in  1852,  was  graduated  in  1856  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  also 
had  the  honor  of  delivering  a  philosophical  oration.  In  Phi  Alpha  he 
held  the  offices  of  recording  secretary  and  president.  For  a  few  months 
after  graduation  Mr.  Bergen  was  principal  of  the  Virginia  (111.)  Seminary. 
He  read  law  with  Hon.  Henry  E.  Dummer  of  Beardstown,  111.,  attended  the 
Harvard  Law  School  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1857.  In  1861-65  he  prac- 
ticed law  in  Pekin,  111.,  then  for  four  years  in  Preston,  Minn.,  and  since  the 
last  date  in  Kansas.  His  marriage  to  Louisa  C.  Thompson  of  Virginia,  111., 
took  place  in  1863.  Mr.  Bergen  was  states  attorney  of  the  twent)'-first 
Illinois  circuit  in  1862-64,  attorney  of  Filmore  county,  Minn.,  in  1866-68, 
state  senator  in  the  Minnesota  legislature  in  1869  and  the  same  year  was 
appointed  associate  justice  of  the  New  Mexico  supreme  court.  Since  1870 
he  has  been  in  full  and  general  practice  of  law  in  Kansas,  Topeka  being 
his  present  home.     He  has  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

83.  Daniel  Jay  Brown,  b.  29  August,  1835,  at  Berlin,  Rensselaer  co.,  N.  Y. 
He  removed  to  Illinois  in  1840  and  after  attending  school  in  Pittsfield, 
Pike  CO.,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1851.  He  was  graduated  in  1855  with 
the  degree  of  B.A.  and  the  salutatory.  He  was  president  of  the  society  in 
his  senior  year.     After  graduation  he  attended  McDowel  Medical  College, 


36  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

St.  Louis,  and  was  studying  medicine  with  Dr.  N.  S.  Davis,  of  Chicago,  at 
the  time  of  his  death.  He  died  of  typhoid  fever  on  8  September,  1857.  Mr. 
Brown  was  a  young  man  of  the  best  moral  character,  an  earnest  student, 
and  gave  promise  of  making  a  marked  success  in  life. 

84.  James  Allen  Hall,  b.  29  October,  1S33,  in  Shelby  county,  Ky.  He 
attended  private  schools  in  Shelbyville,  Ky.,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1851 
and  remained  for  some  time.  In  1869  he  was  appointed  deputy  circuit 
clerk  of  Morgan  county.  111.,  and  retained  the  position  for  about  six  years. 
He  is  now  engaged  in  banking  business  at  Bartlett,  Neb. 

85.  Byron  Lee  Gregory,  b.  in  August,  1827,  at  Whitehall,  111.  After 
attending  a  military  school  at  Bluclick  Springs,  Ky.,  and  ShurtlefT  College, 
Upper  Alton,  111.,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1850  and  remained  a  year. 
He  studied  law  and  for  three  years  practiced  with  N.  K.  Knapp  at  Win- 
chester, 111.     Mr.  Gregory  died  in  August,  1855. 

1851-52 

86.  Samuel  H.  Anderson  came  from  Belleville,  111.,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1S51. 

87.  Alfred  T.  Beall,  b.  3  February,  1836.  He  was  a  student  successively 
in  Chapel  Hill  College  and  William  Jewell  College,  Mo.,  Illinois  College, 
Missouri  University,  and  Kentucky  Military  Institute,  being  graduated  from 
the  last  in  1857.  His  connection  with  Illinois  College  lasted  a  year,  1851-52. 
He  taught  school  a  year,  for  a  like  time  was  quartermaster's  clerk  in  the  reg- 
ular army,  and  during  1S60-69  engaged  in  mining  in  Idaho,  Washington  and 
British  Columbia.  Since  1873  Mr.  Beall  has  given  his  time  to  civil  engineer- 
ing and  school  teaching.  In  1880  he  was  surveyor  of  Columbia  County, 
W.  T.,  and  held  the  same  office  in  Nez  Perce  county,  Idaho,  in  1884-86,  at 
the  same  time  being  U.  S.  mineral  survej'or.  He  has  done  surveying  for 
the  Northern  Pacific  Railroad,  the  O.  R.  &  N.,  and  the  Union  Pacific,  being 
now  in  the  employ  of  the  last. 

88.  Thomas  B.  Beall  entered  Illinois  College  in  1851  from  Carlisle,  Pa., 
and  left  in  1852. 

89.  Jirah  Stevens  Burt,  b.  27  July,  1831,  at  Pittsfield,  Mass.  There  he 
attended  the  public  schools  and  in  1851  entered  Illinois  College  to  graduate 
in  1855  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  afterwards  receiving  the  degree  of  M.A. 
In  1856  Mr.  Burt  taught  in  the  high  school  of  Pittsfield,  111.,  which  place  had 
become  his  home,  and  subsequently  studied  for  the  ministry  in  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary.     He  is  now  living  in  Logansport,  Ind. 

90.  Sylvester  L.  Comer,  b.  9  September,  1830.  He  attended  common 
schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S51  and  left  after  two  years.  In  the 
society  he  held  the  office  of  recording  secretary.  He  attended  Rush 
Medical  College,  Chicago,  1853-54,  ^nd  'n  1858  was  graduated  at  Iowa 
Medical  College.  After  practicing  in  Hancock  county.  111.,  and  in  the  hos- 
pital at  Keokuk,  la.,  and  serving  as  a  surgeon  in  the  Federal  army,  he 
gave  up  the  profession  and  became  a  farmer.     He  died  in  March,  1864. 

91.  Joseph  Duncan,  b.  19  October,  1S35,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  gained 
some  education   in  private  schools  of  his  native  place  and  was  an  Illinois 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  37 

College  student  at  various  times  from  1849  till  1857.  He  attended  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  in  1854,  and  Beloit  College,  Wis.,  for  a  short 
time  in  1857.  Mr.  Duncan  farmed  near  Jacksonville  until  1S65,  and  then 
managed  a  cotton  plantation  in  Mississippi  until  March,  1869.  His  perma- 
nent residence  had  in  the  meantime  become  Chicago,  where  he  was  with  a 
grain  commission  firm  at  the  time  of  the  great  fire.  Since  1871  he  has  been 
a  book-keeper  for  various  firms  at  the  Union  Stock  Yards.  He  is  now  with 
Ingwersen  Bros.,  live-stock  commission.  In  October,  1875,  he  married 
Harriet  N.  Stevens,  of  Milford,  N.  H. 

92.  William  Henry  Finley,  b.  15  February,  1831,  in  Louisiana,  Mo.  His 
preparatory  education  came  from  attendance  at  the  public  schools  in  Pike 
and  Lincoln  counties.  Mo.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  February,  1852, 
and  %vas  graduated  in  1855  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  Mr.  Finley  chose  the 
medical  profession  and  studied  in  Dubuque,  la.,  and  in  Ohio  Medical  Col- 
lege, Cincinnati,  in  1856-58.  Till  1861  he  practiced  and  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business  in  Hopkinton,  la.,  and  there  in  May  of  that  year  married 
Lucy  A.  Cooley.  He  served  in  the  Union  army  as  surgeon  of  the  I2th 
Iowa  infantry  in  1861-63  and  in  the  same  capacity  another  year  with  the 
8th  Iowa  cavalry.  Returning  to  Hopkinton  he  continued  medical  prac- 
tice until  1883,  and  two  years  later  moved  to  Franklin,  Neb.,  where  he  is 
now  a  druggist. 

93.  Wilson  A.  Henry  entered  Illinois  College  in  1851  from  Jackson- 
ville, 111.,  and  remained  a  year. 

94.  Volney  Hickox,  b.  i  November,  1835,  at  Rutland,  Jefferson  co., 
N.  Y.  In  the  spring  of  1836  his  parents  moved  to  Springfield,  111.,  where 
he  was  afterward  sent  to  Beaumont  Park's  school  till  1850,  and  to  East- 
brook's  Academy  in  1850-51.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  the  fall  of  1851 
and  left  at  the  Christmas  vacation  of  1852.  In  1853  he  was  examined  and 
admitted  to  the  freshman  class  of  Havard  College  but  did  not  enter.  In 
1854  he  went  to  Yale  College  and  was  graduated  in  1857.  Mr.  Hickox  was 
principal  of  the  first  ward  school,  Springfield,  for  a  few  months  in  1857-58. 
After  reading  law  with  N.  D.  and  G.  P.  Strong  of  St.  Louis,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  autumn  of  1858.  During  a  part  of  1862-63  he 
served  as  aide-de-camp  to  Gen.  Hunter  near  Port  Royal,  S.  C.  Mr.  Hickox 
was  judge  advocate  in  Boston  during  the  latter  part  of  1863  ;  correspondent 
of  the  Cincinnati  "  Commercial  "  from  February,  1864,  to  July  1866,  and 
then  of  the  New  York  "  Tribune"  until  the  spring  of  1867.  Since  1869  he 
has  been  a  stenographer  in  Springfield,  111.,  and  vicinity.  He  married  Cass- 
andra B.  Moore  of  Batavia,  111.,  in  October,  1873,  by  whom  he  has  had  one 
son  and  one  daughter,  both  now  dead. 

95  George  W.  Moore,  b.  in  1833,  in  Morgan  county.  111.  Mr.  Moore 
attended  district  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1851  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1856  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  His  life  occupation  has  been  farming 
and  stock-raising  in  Morgan  county.  He  served  for  two  years  during  the 
war  as  a  lieutenant  in  the  ist  Missouri  cavalry.  Mr.  Moore  married 
Nannie  M.  Chambers  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  March,  1868.  She  died  in 
July,  1889,  leaving  one  daughter.  In  1887  he  was  elected  county  com- 
missioner. 


38  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

96.  Charles  Orendorff,  b.  10  June,  1832,  in  Tazwell  county,  111.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1851,  remained  one  year,  went  to  California  and 
engaged  in  gold  mining  for  five  years.  Returning  home  he  began  the  study 
of  medicine  in  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  in  i860,  and  after  a  year  there 
spent  a  year  in  the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  graduated.  Dr.  Orendorff  commenced  practice  in  central 
Illinois  and  afterwards  took  another  term  of  lectures  in  Pope's  Medical 
College.  In  December,  1S65,  he  married  Mollie  F.  Hurt  at  Elkhart,  111. 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  became  his  home  in  1S72,  and  until  18S9  he  prac- 
ticed there,  at  the  same  time  paying  some  attention  to  horticulture. 
Removing  to  California  he  resided  in  Paso  Robles  a  few  months  and  since 
then  has  lived  in  East  Oakland,  intending  to  make  that  city  his  permanent 
home. 

97.  Edmund  Roberts  Wiley,  b.  20  June,  1833,  in  New  York  City.  He 
attended  private  schools  in  Springfield,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College  in  the 
fall  of  185 1  and  left  at  the  end  of  the  freshman  year.  He  taught  school  six 
months,  studied  law  with  J.  II.  Matheny  of  Springfield,  111.  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  just  before  the  war,  but  has  never  practiced.  In  1S62  Mr.  Wiley 
served  as  adjutant  of  the  22d  Illinois  infantry  and  subsequently  as  major, 
lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel  of  three  different  colored  regiments,  infantry 
and  artiller}'.  During  1868-75  he  resided  in  Arkansas  and  was  successively 
clerk,  sheriff,  and  representative  in  the  legislature  of  Arkansas  county. 
His  marriage  took  place  in  1869  at  DeWitt,  Ark.  From  1878  till  1886  he 
was  internal  revenue  store-keeper  for  the  eighth  Illinois  district.  Since 
May,  1885,  he  has  been  editing  and  publishing  "  The  Voice  of  Labor"  at 
Petersburg  and  Springfield,  111.     Mr.  Wiley  has  seven  children. 

98.  J.  Parker  Miksall  entered  Illinois  College  in  1851.  He  now  resides 
in  Quincy,  111. 

99.  Edmund  Coleman  in  1851  entered  Illinois  College,  coming  from 
Bellville,  111. 

1852-53 

100.  M.  J.  Huffaker  of  Morgan  county,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1852. 

lOi.  Flavel  Hunt  Van  Eaton,  b.  10  October.  1834,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
A  pupil  in  the  common  schools  until  1852,  he  then  entered  Illinois  College  and 
was  graduated  in  1855  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  Three  years  later  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Missouri  Medical  College  and  practiced  in  Virginia  and 
Franklin,  111.,  until  the  war.  In  November,  1862,  he  became  assistant  sur- 
geon and  afterwards  surgeon  of  the  8th  Missouri  cavalry,  serving  until  Sep- 
tember, 1865.  He  had  previously,  in  March,  1S59,  married  Hannah  A.  Cava- 
naugh  of  St.  Louis.  They  have  a  son  and  a  daughter.  Since  1870  Dr.  Van 
Eaton  has  practiced  medicine  in  Clearwater,  Kan.  He  was  one  of  the  earli- 
est advocates  of  Kansas  prohibition,  is  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.  and  for 
two  years  was  commander  of  McGovney  Post,  Clearwater. 

102.  John  W.  Boulware,  b.  20  February,  1834,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
He  attended  school  in  Franklin,  Morgan  co.,  entered  Illinois  College  in  the 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  39 

fall  of  1852  and  left  after  the  burning  of  the  library  building.  In  April, 
1853,  he  started  overland  to  California  and  in  September  reached  Marys- 
ville  where  he  died  on  q  October. 

103.  Samuel  Finley  Crow  Garrison,  b.  9  June,  1S32,  in  Park  county,  Ind. 
He  attended  the  schools  in  Rockville,  Ind.,  and  the  Park  county  Seminary. 
Removing  to  Cass  county,  111.,  in  1S49,  ^^r.  Garrison  was  in  Illinois  College 
in  1851-53,  having  previously  taught  school  in  Morgan  count)-.  He  held  the 
office  of  recording  secretary  of  Phi  Alpha.  He  afterwards  attended  Mt. 
Pleasant  University,  la.,  and  taught  schools  at  Rushville  and  Naples,  111., 
and  Primrose,  la.  He  then  went  to  Ohio  with  the  intention  of  confpleting 
his  collegiate  education  but  was  compelled  to  give  it  up.  He  studied 
theology  in  1854-58  and  joined  the  Iowa  Annual  Conference.  First  assigned 
to  the  Peoria  circuit,  Mr.  Garrison  met  with  success  and  was  subsequently 
given  the  Muscatine  circuit.  In  1858  he  was  ordained  deacon  and  in  i860 
elder  in  the  M.  E.  Church.  In  March,  1854,  he  married  Mary  E.  Smith  of 
Rushville,  111.,  and  in  May,  i860,  Elizabeth  Nixon  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.  His 
first  wife  died  in  1S55,  and  the  second  in  1865.  By  his  second  marriage  Mr. 
Garrison  had  two  children.  During  the  war  he  was  a  private,  sergeant,  and 
recruiting  officer  and  chaplain  in  the  40th  Iowa  infantry.  In  1866  he  married 
Elizabeth  J.  Jones  of  Knoxville,  la.,  who  is  the  mother  of  eight  children. 
Mr.  Garrison  is  now  a  member  of  the  Cumberland  Presbyterian  Church 
and  takes  great  interest  in  church  work.  He  has  been  forced  to  partial 
retirement  from  active  ministerial  labor  on  account  of  impaired  health,  the 
result  of  his  army  life.  He  is  managing  a  farm  near  El  Dorado,  Kan.,  and 
engages  in  real  estate  and  insurance  business.  He  is  also  a  notary  public 
and  justice  of  the  peace. 

104.  William  Ross,  b.  7  January,  1835,  at  Atlas,  Pike  co..  111.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  the  schools  of  Pittsfield,  111.,  and  in  1852  entered  Illinois  College. 
He  was  afterwards  compelled  to  leave  on  account  of  ill  health.  During  the 
next  five  years  he  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in  Pittsfield,  and  in  i860 
became  a  farmer.  In  October,  1858,  Mr.  Ross  married  Mary  P.  Ballard  of 
Pike  county,  by  whom  he  has  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters.  While  a 
citizen  of  Pittsfield  Mr.  Ross  served  terms  as  trustee  of  the  high  school  and 
supervisor  of  Pike  county.  In  1875  he  moved  to  California  on  account  of 
ill  health.  Dealing  in  real  estate  was  his  occupation  there,  in  San  Jose, 
until  1880  when  he  became  proprietor  of  a  fruit  farm.  He  has  been  very 
successful  in  producing  the  finest  California  fruits. 

105.  Lucius  S.  Eldred,  b.  14  April,  1834,  near  Carrollton,  Greene  co., 
111.  Attending  district  and  private  schools  until  1851  he  entered  Illinois 
College  and  left  before  the  end  of  year.  In  1852  he  was  graduated  from 
Jones'  Commercial  College,  St.  Louis.  Ellen  Cavanaugh,  Jacksonville,  111., 
became  his  wife  in  October,  1855.  Their  famil)'  consists  of  six  sons  and 
five  daughters.  After  leaving  college  Mr.  Eldred  farmed  in  Piatt  county, 
111.,  for  three  years,  for  twenty-two  years  in  Greene  county  and  during 
1877-85  conducted  a  mercantile  business  in  Carrollton.  He  is  now  retired 
from  business.  In  1874-5  he  was  president  of  the  Green  county  Agricul- 
tural and  Mechanical  Association,  and  is  now  mayor  of  his  city. 

106.  P.  D.  Simmons  entered  Illinois  College  in  1852. 


40  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

107.  Edwin  Kendall  Symonds,  b.  28  December,  1833,  at  Hillsboro,  N. 
H.  In  1847  he  came  to  Illinois  and  attended  the  common  schools  of  Han- 
cock county  before  entering  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in 
1852.  In  the  summer  of  1854  he  taught  school  at  Marine,  Madison  co.,  but 
he  continued  in  college  and  was  graduated  in  1857  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 
During  his  senior  year  he  was  president  of  Phi  Alpha.  Having  studied  law 
with  Hon.  John  B.  Hawley  of  Rock  Island  in  1857-58  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  the  latter  year  and  practiced  the  two  years  following  in  Adams 
county.  In  the  winter  of  1861-62  he  taught  school  at  Warsaw,  Hancock  co. 
During  1862-65  'le  was  quartermaster  sergeant  of  the  119th  Illinois  infantry, 
l6tli  army  corps.  When  mustered  out  he  was  attached  to  the  office  of  pro- 
vost marshal  general  in  St.  Louis.  In  December,  i860,  Mr.  Symonds  mar- 
ried Marietta  C.  Fowler  at  Fowler  Station,  Adams  co.,  and  has  two  children 
living  and  two  dead.  In  1867-84  he  was  in  the  insurance  business  in  St. 
Louis  and  since  the  latter  date  has  been  special  agent  in  Quincy,  111.,  for  the 
Royal  Insurance  Company  of  Liverpool,  England. 

108.  John  B.  Hawley,  b.  9  February,  1831,  in  Fairfield  county,  Conn.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1852.  After  reading  law  with  John  W.  Marsh  at 
Carthage,  III.,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1854.  In  March  of  that  3'ear  he 
married  Mary  F.  Symonds  at  Concord,  111.  During  the  war  he  served  as  a 
captain  in  the  45th  Illinois  infantrj'.  Mr.  Hawley  has  practiced  law  in  Rock 
Island,  III.,  Chicago,  and  Omaha,  Neb.  He  was  a  representative  in  con- 
gress from  Illinois  in  1869-75,  and  assistant  secretarj'^  of  the  treasury  from 
June,  1877,  till  April,  1880.  He  is  now  attorney  for  the  Fremont,  Elkhorn 
and  Missouri  Valle}^  and  the  Sioux  City  and  Pacific  Railroads.  He  has 
three  daughters. 

109.  Lyman  Lacey,  b.  g  May,  1832,  at  Dryden,  Tompkins  co.,  N.  Y. 
After  a  short  residence  in  Michigan  his  parents  settled  in  Fulton  county,  111., 
where  Mr.  Lacey  attended  the  public  schools.  Entering  Illinois  College  in 
1832  he  was  graduated  in  1855  with  the  degree  of  B.S.,  and  has  since  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.A.  In  the  society  he  held  the  offices  of  second  vice- 
president  and  recording  secretary.  In  1856  Mr.  Lacey  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  after  a  year  of  study  with  Hon.  L.  W.  Ross  at  Lewiston,  111.  He  prac- 
ticed in  Mason  and  adjoining  counties.  111.,  until  elected  judge  of  the  17th  cir- 
cuit in  1873.  He  was  re-elected  in  1879  and  1885.  In  1862  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  lower  house  of  the  legislature.  When  the  present  appellate 
court  system  in  Illinois  was  established  in  1877,  he  was  appointed  one  of 
the  appellate  judges  for  the  third  district,  re-appointed  in  1879  to  the  fourth 
district  and  by  successive  re-appointments  has  held  the  otTice  to  the  present 
time.  Judge  Lacey  has  also  been  city  attorney  of  Havana,  111.,  drainage  com- 
missioner and  attorney  for  Mason  county.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  public  enterprises.  He  was  one  of  the  principal  movers  in  the 
building  of  a  railroad  between  Havana  and  Champaign,  and  was  one  of  the 
directors  in  the  Springfield  and  Northwestern  Railroad  built  about  the  same 
time  as  the  other.  In  May,  i860,  he  married  at  Beardstown,  111.,  Caroline 
A.  Potter.  His  son  by  this  marriage,  Lyman  Lacey,  Jr.,  is  also  an  alumnus 
of  Illinois  College.  His  first  wife  dying  in  1863,  Mr.  Lacey  two  years  later 
married  Martha  A.  Warner  by  whom  he  has  had  seven  childern,  five  of  whom 
are  living. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  4I 

1 10.  Henry  Washington  Hitt,  b.  4  July,  1836,  in  Scott  county,  111.  Enter- 
ing Illinois  College  in  the  fall  of  1850  he  was  a  student  there  for  two 
years,  then  attended  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  in  1853-55  and 
Millersburg  College,  Ky.,  in  1856-57.  He  taught  school  in  Scott  county  after 
leaving  college  for  about  three  years.  During  1861-62  Mr.  Hitt  was  captain 
of  company  B,  27th  Illinois  infantry.  His  service  extended  into  Mississippi, 
Tennessee  and  Alabama.  In  November,  i86r,  Belle  Stevenson  of  Exeter, 
111.,  became  his  wife.  She  died  in  1870  leaving  a  son  and  two  daughters, 
and  in  1874  he  married  Libbie  Stev^enson  at  Merritt,  111.  From  the  end  of 
his  army  service  until  1887  Mr.  Hitt  engaged  in  mercantile  business  and 
farming  at  Merritt.  For  twenty-four  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace. 
Since  1887  he  has  lived  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  is  now  manager  of  J.  H. 
Osborne's  liver}'  stable. 

111.  James  Wilson  entered  Illinois  College  in  1852. 

112.  Hamilton  Gamble,  b.  11  November,  1836,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He  en- 
tered Illinois  College  in  1852.  He  served  during  the  war  on  the  staff  of  his 
father.  Gov.  H.  R.  Gamble  of  Missouri,  with  the  rank  of  colonel.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1863,  he  married  Sarah  Miner  of  Jefferson  City,  Mo.  Mr.  Gamble  was 
elected  to  the  Missouri  legislature  in  1868  from  Cass  county.  Two  years 
later  he  was  graduated  from  the  law  school  of  Harvard  University  and  until 
his  death  practiced  in  St.  Louis  and  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  He  died  in  the 
latter  city  on  11  April,  1877,  leaving  a  family  of  three  daughters. 

113.  James  W.  Robison,  b.  21  April,  1831,  at  Bamfshire,  Scotland.  His 
family  emigrated  to  America  in  1832  and  settled  in  Tazwell  county.  111. 
Mr.  Robison  entered  Illinois  College  in  1852  after  a  course  in  the  Tremont, 
Tazwell  co.,  high  school.  He  remained  but  a  year  and  taught  school  at 
Elm  Grove  for  a  short  time  in  1854.  Since  then  he  has  been  a  farmer.  His 
marriage  to  Sarah  A.  Woodson  of  Tazwell  county  took  place  in  i860.  He 
represented  the  27th  senatorial  district  in  the  Illinois  legislature  during  1872- 
78.  He  has  always  taken  great  interest  in  farming,  scientific  and  practical, 
and  in  1878  was  president  of  the  Illinois  State  Horticultural  Society.  He 
holds  the  same  office  in  the  Butler  county,  Kan.,  Horticultural  Society.  He 
removed  to  Kansas  in  1884,  settled  near  Towanda,  Butler  co.,  and  now 
manages  his  farm  of  thirty-two  hundred  acres,  ably  assisted  by  his  six  sons. 
Mr.  Robison  is  president  of  the  National  Bank  of  El  Dorado,  Kan. 

114.  John  Wesley  Morrison,  b.  28  February,  1834,  at  Oxville,  Scott  co., 
111.  He  attended  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1852  and  after  a  time  returned  to  the  former  institution.  He  was 
married  in  December,  1856,  to  Mary  J.  Peek  of  Exeter,  111.  Since  leaving 
college  farming  has  been  his  occupation.  Mr.  Morrison  has  five  sons  and 
a  daughter. 

115.  W.  H.  Morrison  entered  Illinois  College  in  1852. 

116.  William  B.  Price,  b.  10  August,  1836,  at  Berlin,  111.  He  attended 
district  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1852  and  left  without  being 
graduated.  Mr.  Price  was  graduated  at  Jeflferson  Medical  College  in  1857. 
He  spent  three  years  in  the  army  service  as  assistant  surgeon  and  surgeon 
of  the  4th  Pennsylvania  cavalry.  All  his  practice  to  the  present  time  has 
been  in  Sangamon  county,  111.,  and  for  the  last  eight  years  Dr.  Price  has 
also  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Berlin. 


42  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

1853-54 

117.  John  Dawson  Strong,  b.  16  May,  1S33,  near  Danville,  Ky.  He 
came  to  Illinois  in  1837.  For  eighteen  months  he  was  a  pupil  in  countr)' 
schools  but  obtained  most  of  his  preparatory  education  at  home  under 
instruction  from  his  mother.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  October,  1852, 
and  was  graduated  in  1S54,  being  one  of  the  first  two  who  received  the  degree 
of  B.S.  After  graduation  he  taught  school  in  Macomb,  111.,  in  1854-55,  in 
1855-56  was  principal  of  one  of  the  district  schools  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  and 
in  1856-61  was  teacher  of  science  and  English  literature  in  the  Illinois  In- 
stitution for  the  Blind.  He  studied  law  for  tliree  years  without  tutors,  be- 
ginning in  1855.  In  the  same  year  he  married  Mary  E.  Hunt  of  Jacksonville. 
Two  sons  and  two  daughters  have  been  born  to  them.  Mr.  Strong  was 
postmaster  of  Jacksonville  in  1861-67,  private  secretary  to  Senator  Yates  in 
1865-69  and  clerk  of  the  United  States  Senate  committee  on  territories  in 
1867-69.  In  1868  he  was  a  presidential  elector  on  the  Republican  ticket. 
Mr.  Strong  removed  to  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  in  1869,  where  he  began  law  prac- 
tice, and  for  the  last  ten  years  has  been  general  solicitor  for  the  Hannibal 
and  St.  Joseph,  and  Kansas  City,  St.  Joseph  and  Council  BluflTs  Railroads, 
in  company  with  C.  A.  Mosman  with  whom  he  formed  a  partnership  in 
1876. 

118.  P.  H.  Henry  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S53. 

119.  Richard  Bates  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853,  coming  from  St. 
Louis.  He  was  a  son  of  Hon.  Edmund  Bates  who  afterwards  became 
attorney-general  in  President  Lincoln's  cabinet.  Mr.  Bates  was  graduated 
in  1S56  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 

120.  W,  T.  Spence  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853. 

121.  Joshua  Streeter  Wood,  b.  24  Februarj',  1S37,  in  Quincy,  111.  He 
was  in  private  schools  for  a  short  time  and  in  the  fall  of  1853  entered  Illinois 
College,  and  left  in  1856.  During  the  remainder  of  that  year  he  attended 
Bell's  Commercial  College,  Chicago.  In  1860-65  Mr.  Wood  engaged  in 
banking  in  Quincy,  and  then  for  five  years  in  the  manufacture  of  agricul- 
tural implements  in  the  same  city.  During  the  ensuing  three  years  he  was 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Vandiver  Corn  Planter  company,  and  then 
for  five  years  chief  deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the  fourth  Illinois 
district.  From  1878  till  18S0  he  was  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  Quincy 
tobacco  house  and  then  moved  to  Galena,  Kan.,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
mining  lead  and  zinc  ores.  In  1864  Mr.  Wood  received  appointment  as 
paymaster  in  the  U.  S.  army,  but  the  war  ended  before  his  commission  was 
signed.  He  married  Annie  C.  Bradley,  at  Cincinnati,  O.,  in  April,  i860. 
Mr.  Wood  is  the  son  of  ex-Governor  John  Wood,  of  Illinois.  He  has  had 
four  children,  only  one  of  whom  is  living. 

122.  Sater  Cole  Comer,  b.  in  1832  in  Champaign  county,  O.  He 
attended  common  schools  of  Ohio  and  Illinois.  After  five  years  spent  in 
Illinois  College  he  was  graduated  in  1858  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  the 
society  he  held  the  office  of  corresponding  secretary.  In  185S-60  Mr.  Comer 
studied  law  with  C.  H.  Brown,  of  Quincy,  111.  From  1867  till  the  present 
time  he  has  been  engaged  in  farming. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  43 

123.  William  Yates  entered  Illinois  College  from  Jacksonville,  111.,  in 

1853  and  remained  a  year. 

124.  Charles  Henry  Philbrick,  b.  9  April,  1837,  in  East  Feliciana,  La. 
In  1839  Griggsville,  111.,  became  his  home,  and  after  attending  school  there 
and  in  Augusta  and  Jacksonville,  III.,  he  entered-  Illinois  College  in  1853 
and  was  graduated  in  185S  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  1861  he  delivered  the 
master's  oration.  Shortly  after  graduation  Mr.  Philbrick  was  appointed 
assistant  secretary  of  state  for  Illinois,  held  the  position  for  six  years, 
and  then  filled  a  clerkship  in  the  Interior  department  at  Washington  a  year. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  in  October,  1885,  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  in 
Grisssville.  Mr.  Philbrick  was  a  constant  sufferer  from  neuralgia  and  at 
times  was  entirely  prostrated.  His  death  came  very  suddenly.  He  was  of 
an  amiable,  kind,  and  generous  disposition.  A  great  friend  to  the  poor,  a 
dutiful  son,  and  a  universal  favorite,  he  is  much  missed. 

125.  Hugh  A,  White  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853  and  left  in  1854. 
He  is  now  in  business  in  Chicago. 

126.  Edward  T.  Geyer  came  to  Illinois  College  from  St.  Louis  in  1853 
and  was  graduated  in  1S56  with  the  degree  of  B  S.     He  is  now  deceased. 

127.  F.  Johnson  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853  and  left  in  1854, 

128.  Frank  J.  Arenz,  b.  8  April,  1838,  in  Cass  county,  111.  He  gained  a 
preparatory  education  in  the  schools  of  Arenzville,  Beardstown  and  Jack- 
sonville, 111.  From  the  fall  of  1852  till  the  spring  of  1856  he  attended 
Illinois  College  and  for  some  time  after  was  a  student  in  Burnham's  Com- 
mercial College,  Rockford,  111.  In  i860  Mr.  Arenz  married  Caroline  B. 
Cire  of  Arenzville,  by  whom  he  has  had  four  daughters  and  a  son.  Since 
i860  farming  has  been  his  occupation. 

129.  G.  W.  Hackett,  b.  in  1833,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  attended  pri- 
vate schools  taught  by  Mr.  Horace  Spaulding  and  Mr.  Newton  Bateman, 
and  in   1852  entered   the  preparatory  department   of  Illinois    College.     In 

1854  he  was  stricken  with  epilepsy  and  forced  to  give  up  his  education. 
He  has  been  an  invalid  ever  since.  Some  time  after  leaving  college  he 
married  Miss  Lizzie  Albaugh  and  has  an  adopted  son. 

130.  Leslie  Gillette,  b.  23  January,  1836,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  After  a 
course  in  the  public  schools  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853  and  left  in 
1854.  He  studied  medicine  with  Drs.  Lord  and  Bell  of  Springfield,  111., 
and  in  1857  was  graduated  from  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  then  known 
as  the  McDowel  Medical  College.  Dr.  Gillette  practiced  in  Buffalo,  111.,  in 
1857-84  and  in  1885  went  to  Nebraska,  Beatrice  being  his  present  home. 
He  is  now  engaged  in  raising  cattle,  his  ranches  being  located  in  North 
Park,  Col.  He  married  Lucj'  Cass  of  Sangamon  county,  111.  They  have  a 
son  and  two  daughters. 

131.  Charles  William  Wickliffe,  b.  8  December,  1834,  in  Council  Bluffs, 
la.  Removing  to  Illinois  in  1839,  he  attended  the  Collinsville  schools  and 
Peoria  Jubilee  College.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853  and  left  in 
1856.  After  obtaining  a  medical  education  in  schools  for  that  purpose  in 
New  York  and  St.  Louis,  Dr.  Wickliffe  practiced  at  Collinsville  during 
1859-60,  and  a  year  later  was  sent  to  Lahaina,  Sandwich  Islands,  as  physician 
to  the  Seaman's  Hospital  there,  having  received  his  appointment  from  the 


44  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

U.  S.  consul.  He  returned  to  Collinsville  after  eighteen  months  and  died 
on  II  October,  t864.  He  was  of  a  genial  and  attractive  disposition,  well  read 
and  educated,  and  a  thorough  physician. 

132.  James  Morrison  Epler,  b.  16  June,  1837.  He  was  in  attendance  at 
a  private  school  before  entering  college.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1S53  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1858,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.S. 
He  lield  the  office  of  first  vice-president  in  the  society  in  1857-58.  After 
reading  law  with  Morrison  and  Epler  in  Jacksonville,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1859.  Mr.  Epler  has  practiced  in  Jacksonville,  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
and  Seattle,  Wash.,  the  last  named  place  being  his  present  location.  In 
1862  and  again  in  1864  he  was  elected  to  the  Illinois  legislature,  lower  house, 
and  in  1S70  to  the  senate.  He  was  married  in  1868  to  Hannah  Taylor  of 
Springfield,  111.,  and  has  two  daughters  and  a  son.  Mr.  Epler  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Democratic  national  convention  that  nominated  Samuel  J.  Tilden 
for  president. 

133.  Henry  Yates,  b.  7  March,  1835,  at  Berlin,  Sangamon  co..  111. 
After  attending  the  common  schools  of  Berlin  and  a  private  school  in  Jack- 
sonville he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S53  and  left  in  the  spring  of  1S54. 
He  spent  the  following  winter  in  Jones  Commercial  College,  St.  Louis.  He 
was  thereafter  engaged  in  mercantile  business  at  Berlin  until  September, 
1862,  when  he  was  appointed  captain  of  company  A,  io6th  Illinois  infantry. 
He  was  subsequently  promoted  to  be  lieutenant-colonel,  colonel,  and  brevet 
brigadier-general  for  meritorious  services,  resigning  in  September,  1864,  on 
account  of  disability.  Mr.  Yates  married  Louisa  C.  Arenz  of  Arenzville, 
111.,  in  June  1856.     He  had  three  daughters.     He  is  deceased. 

134.  William  Henry  Blakeman,  b.  in  1831  at  Marine.  Madison  co..  111. 
He  attended  public  schools  there  and  in  Collinsville,  111.  In  1853  he 
entered  Illinois  College  and  left  in  1854,  after  which  he  studied  medicine 
for  four  years  with  Dr.  G.  T.  Allen  of  Marine.  He  never  practiced.  Mr. 
Blakeman  was  married  in  January,  1855,  to  N.  Adelia  Sprague  in  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  He  engaged  successively  in  farming  and  stock  dealing,  lumber 
and  grain  business,  and  milling  business.  He  died  in  Jacksonville  on  2  July, 
1SS9,  leaving  seven  sons  and  two  daughters.  Mr.  Blakeman  was  a  member 
of  the  Grace  M.  E.  Church  in  the  city  mentioned. 

135.  Thomas  S.  Greenleaf  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853. 

136.  William  Charles  Ferguson  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Illinois  College  in  1S53  from  Charleston,  111.,  and  was  graduated  in  1858 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  afterwards  received  the  degree  of  M.A. 

137.  Charles  H.  Blodgett  entered  Illinois  College  from  Jacksonville, 
111.,  in  1853  and  left  in  1S55. 

138.  David  N,  Canthers,  b.  19  March,  1837,  in  Fulton  county.  111.  He 
was  a  pupil  in  the  common  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1853  and  left 
in  1855.  For  a  few  years  he  taught  school  and  then  went  into  mercantile 
business.     Since  1S67  he  has  been  a  merchant  in  Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 

139.  William  Wallace  Morton,  b.  31  January,  1835,  near  Jacksonville, 
111.  He  attended  the  schools  of  that  citj-,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1852 
and  left  in  1854.  Mr.  Morton  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising 
until  his  death.     In  August,  1S54,  he  married  Mary  E.  March  at  Jackson- 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  45 

ville,  who  became  the  mother  of  two  sons,  Edward  and  C.  W.  Morton.     Mr. 
Morton  died  on  i  March,  1870. 

140.  James  Bryant  Crawford,  b.  9  March,  1836,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  Ky.  In 
1850  his  parents  came  to  Illinois  and  settled  at  Carthage,  where  Mr.  Craw- 
ford went  to  school.  His  studentship  in  Illinois  College  lasted  from  De- 
cember, 1S53,  until  November,  1856.  He  taught  school  at  his  home  in  1S58, 
and  in  April  married  Josephine  E.  Davis,  of  Carthage,  by  whom  he  has  had 
six  daughters  and  three  sons.  Mr.  Crawford  was  a  member  of  the  board  of 
supervisors  for  Hancock  county,  111.,  in  1857.  From  1859  till  1882  he  farmed 
near  Carthage,  when  he  received  an  appointment  to  office  in  that  city.  In 
1886  he  became  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  Louisiana  (Mo.)  nursery  company. 

1854-55 

141.  James  McCowen,  b.  2  September,  1833,  at  Mason,  Warren  co.,  O. 
Havana,  111.,  became  the  family  residence,  and  in  the  schools  of  that  place 
and  Collin's  High  School,  Peoria,  111.,  Mr.  McCowen  was  a  pupil.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  March,  1853,  and  was  graduated  in  1858  with  the 
degree  of  B.S.  For  three  years  thereafter  he  taught  school  at  various  points 
in  Mason  county.  111.,  and  then  farmed  for  twenty-one  years  near  Havana. 
Two  years  were  next  spent  in  traveling  over  the  western  states,  and  since 
1884  he  has  engaged  in  market  gardening  near  Havana.  He  has  been  twice 
married,  first  to  Martha  A.  Thompson,  of  Mason,  O.,  in  February,  1862,  by 
whom  he  became  father  of  two  daughters,  and  to  Jennie  F.  Higbee,  of 
Peoria,  111.,  in  April,  1872.     To  them  have  been  born  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

142.  B.  F.  Smith  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854. 

143.  John  Yates  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854  from  Berlin,  111.,  and 
remained  for  two  years. 

144.  Matthew  Glenn  Roseberry,  b.  11  January,  1833,  near  Columbus, 
Adams  co..  111.  He  received  a  common  school  education  and  entered 
Illinois  College  in  September,  1854,  to  leave  the  second  term  of  the  college 
year.  During  the  winter  of  1855-56  he  taught  school  near  his  home  and 
studied  law  with  Hon.  A.  C.  Warren.  Admitted  to  the  bar  in  September, 
1857,  he  removed  to  Maryville,  Mo.,  and  began  the  practice  of  law.  In  June 
of  the  next  year  he  was  united  in  marriage  with  Phoebe  E.  Beal,  who  with  a 
son  survives  him.  He  practiced  a  very  short  time  in  Illinois,  then  returned 
to  Maryville  where  he  gained  a  prominent  place  at  the  bar.  During  most  of 
the  war  period  Mr.  Roseberry  was  provost  marshal  of  Nodaway  county.  Mo., 
in  strong  support  of  the  Union.  After  retirement  from  that  oifice  he  formed 
a  partnership  in  real  estate  business  with  Hon.  A.  P.  Morehouse,  afterwards 
governor  of  the  state,  which  continued  until  the  seventies.  From  1868  to 
L872  he  served  a  term  in  the  state  senate.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  "Maryville  Republican"  in  1870  and  edited  the  paper  a  year.  Mr. 
Roseberry  was  a  very  public-spirited  man,  took  great  interest  in  educational 
matters  and  enterprises  beneficial  to  his  city.  He  was  a  liberal  giver,  a  firm 
friend  to  the  poor,  and  a  member  of  the  Christian  Church.  He  died  on  19 
November,  1888. 

145.  John  W.  Wimer  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854  from  St.  Louis, 
and  left  the  following  year. 


46  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

146.  Edward  McQuie  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854  from  Louisiana, 
Mo.,  and  remained  a  year. 

147.  Carithers  Zoll,  b.  i  October,  1835,  at  Vermont,  Fulton  co.,  111.  Mr. 
Zoll  obtained  a  common  school  education,  after  which  he  entered  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1854  and  left  the  next  year.  In 
1855-58  he  taught  school  in  Fulton  county,  then  farmed  till  July,  1862,  when 
he  enlisted  in  the  84th  Illinois  infantry.  He  served  two  and  a  half  years 
with  that  regiment  and  one  year  with  the  151st.  He  held  commissions  as 
second  and  first  lieutenants.  As  his  regiments  belonged  to  the  Army  of  the 
Cumberland  Mr.  Zoll  took  part  in  all  the  battles  from  Louisville  to  Atlanta, 
receiving  a  wound  at  Chickamauga.  In  1856  he  married  Miss  M.  J.  Parry, 
and  in  1869  Mrs.  Sarah  L.  Dentler.  By  his  two  marriages  he  has  had  ten 
children,  three  of  whom  are  dead.  Since  the  war  Mr.  Zoll  has  been  a  stock 
dealer  in  Vermont. 

148.  Charles  C.  Campbell  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S54  from  St.  Louis, 
and  remained  until  1656. 

149.  Myron  Leslie  Epler,  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854  and  was 
graduated  in  1861  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  was  vice-president  of  Phi 
Alpha  in  his  senior  year.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  Cyrus  Epler  in 
Jacksonville,  111.,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  practiced  in  Chicago.  He 
died  in  Helena,  Mont. 

150.  William  Franklin  Epler,  b.  22  February,  1839,  in  Morgan  county,  111. 
His  preparation  for  college  was  made  in  the  public  schools.  Entering 
Illinois  College  in  1854  he  was  graduated  in  185S  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 
Until  1870  Mr.  Epler  followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer  in  Cass  county.  111., 
then  became  a  banker  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  in  1882  went  to  Seattle,  W.  T,, 
where  he  has  since  engaged  in  real  estate  business.  He  was  married  in 
September,  1876,  to  Caroline  K.  Ensminger  of  Jacksonville. 

151.  Chester  Andrews,  b.  31  May,  1836,  at  Hartford,  O.  In  1844  he 
moved  to  Illinois  and  attended  school  in  Tremont  until  his  entrance  into 
Illinois  College  in  1854.  He  left  in  March,  1856.  From  September,  1861, 
till  October,  1864,  Mr.  Andrews  served  in  the  74th  Illinois  infantry,  first  as 
second  lieutenant  of  company  I,  and  then  as  captain.  His  most  impor- 
tant battles  and  campaigns  were  Vicksburg,  Corinth,  luka.  Miss.,  and 
Pleasant  Hill,  La.,  and  the  Red  River  campaign.  In  April,  1865,  he  married 
Miss  S.  V.  Lovejoy  of  Minonk,  111.  With  the  exception  of  two  years  in  the 
lumber  and  milling  business  in  that  city  Mr.  Andrews  has  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising  near  Steel  City,  Neb.     He  has  three  daughters. 

152.  John  Henry  Wood,  b.  12  January,  1S34,  near  Marston  Moor,  Eng- 
land. In  November,  1844,  he  came  to  this  country  and  soon  after  settled  in 
Jacksonville,  111.,  where  he  was  a  pupil  in  private  schools  in  1847-51.  Pre- 
paring for  college  in  the  school  taught  by  Newton  Bateman,  now  president 
of  Knox  College,  Mr.  Wood  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854.  In  the  course 
of  his  membership  in  Phi  Alpha  he  was  librarian  and  president.  He  was 
one  of  the  committee  that  procured  choice  of  rooms  for  the  society  in  Sep- 
tember, 1856.  In  1858  Mr.  Wood  was  graduated  with  the  valedictory.  At 
graduation  he  received  the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  later  on  the  degree  of  M..\. 
For  the  next  twenty  years  he  eng.aged  in  banking  in  Jacksonville  and  Vir- 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  47 

ginia,  111.,  twelve  years  as  cashier.  Amy  Upham  of  Jacksonville,  became 
his  wife  in  October,  1862.  They  have  a  son  and  two  daughters  living  and  a 
daughter  dead.  Mr.  Wood  was  a  school  director  in  Virginia  for  six  years 
and  alderman  for  two  years.  He  was  also  a  trustee  of  the  Illinois  Institu- 
tion for  the  Blind  in  1874-76.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  R.  W,  Mills  of 
Virginia,  1877-79,  but  has  never  been  in  active  practice.  Since  removing  to 
Atlantic,  la.,  in  August,  1879,  Mr.  Wood  has  turned  his  attention  to  loan 
and  real  estate  business,  and  to  making  out  abstracts  of  titles. 

153.  William  McKendree  Springer,  b.  30  May,  1836,  at  New  Lebanon, 
Sullivan  co.,  Ind.  In  October,  184S,  Mr.  Springer's  parents  went  to  Jack- 
sonville, 111.,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools  for  a  few  years.  He 
subsequently  taught  school  in  Morgan  county  for  a  short  time,  and  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1854  to  stay  but  a  year.  He  then  spent  one  year  in 
Asbury  University,  Ind.,  re-entered  Illinois  College  in  September,  1856,  left 
again  in  March,  1857,  and  finished  his  collegiate  education  in  the  Indiana 
State  University  at  Bloomington,  being  graduated  there  in  1858.  Mr. 
Springer,  very  soon  after  graduation,  located  in  Lincoln,  111.,  studied  law 
with  Hon.  William  H.  Young  for  two  years  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
i860.  He  practiced  till  1862  in  Lincoln,  then  made  Springfield,  111.,  his 
permanent  home.  In  December,  1859,  he  married  Rebecca,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Rev.  Calvin  W.  Ruter  of  Florence,  Ind.  They  have  one  son, 
Ruter  W.  Mrs.  Springer  has  become  an  authoress  of  some  note,  having 
published  "  Beechwood  "  in  1873,  "Self"  in  1881,  and  "  Songs  by  the  Sea  " 
in  1889.  From  August,  1868,  to  June,  1870,  Mr.  Springer  traveled  in  Europe, 
accompanied  by  his  wife  and  son.  He  was  twice  defeated  as  a  candidate 
for  the  Illinois  legislature,  once  in  1S60  and  again  in  1864,  but  was  elected 
in  1870  from  Sangamon  county.  He  has  served  as  representative  in  congress 
of  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  Illinois  districts  from  4  March,  1875,  to  the 
present  time,  having  been  elected  eight  times  in  succession.  In  December, 
1875,  he  introduced  his  resolution  declaring  a  third  term  in  the  presidential 
office  inconsistent  with  our  republican  system  and  fraught  with  peril  to  our 
free  institutions,  which  was  carried  by  an  overwhelming  majority.  Mr. 
Springer  has  been  a  member  of  important  committees  and  was  a  leader  in 
the  move  to  admit  the  Dakotas,  Montana  and  Washington  as  states. 

154.  John  Edwin  Hanback  entered  Illinois  College  in  1854  from  Win- 
chester, 111.,  and  was  graduated  in  1858  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 

155.  Albert  Wade,  b.  15  May,  1837,  in  Ipswich,  Mass.  His  parents 
settled  in  Alton,  111.,  in  1838,  where  Mr.  Wade  got  his  primary  education. 
His  studentship  in  Illinois  College  lasted,  a  year,  1855.  He  has  since 
resided  in  Alton.  In  December,  1865,  he  married  Mary  Sweeter  of  that 
city,  and  has  a  son  and  daughter. 

156.  Asa  C.  Matthews,  b.  22  March,  .1838,  at  Perry,  Pike  co..  111.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  Januarj',  1855,  and  was  graduated  the  same  year 
with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  afterward  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  He 
soon  after  began  the  study  of  law  with  Milton  and  Ha)',  Pittsfield,  111.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1858.  In  that  year  he  married  Annie  E.  Ross, 
and  has  a  son  and  daughter.  Mr.  Matthews  served  in  the  Union  army 
as   private,  captain,  major,   lieutenant-colonel    and   colonel.      He   was    in 


48  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

command  of  the  99th  Illinois  infantry  when  mustered  out  in  1865.  His 
services  carried  him  through  many  campaigns,  the  most  important  of 
which  were  those  against  Vicksburg  and  Mobile.  After  the  war  Mr. 
Mattliews  became  collector  of  internal  revenue  for  the  gth  Illinois  district, 
and  later  supervisor  of  internal  revenue  for  Illinois,  Michigan  and  Wiscon- 
sin during  the  whiskey  war  of  1876,  when  he  resigned.  He  was  next 
appointed  judge  of  the  i2th  circuit  to  succeed  Judge  Higbee  deceased.  Mr. 
Matthews  has  been  three  times  a  member  of  the  Illinois  legislature,  and  was 
speaker  of  the  house  in  the  36th  general  assembly,  resigning  the  position  to 
accept  the  office  of  first  comptroller  of  the  treasury  of  the  United  States 
in  May,  1889. 

157.  George  Harrison  English,  b.  21  January,  1S36,  near  Newark,  O. 
His  preparatory  education  consisted  of  a  course  in  the  common  schools  and 
high  school  of  Newark.  After  three  years  attendance  at  Illinois  College 
he  was  graduated  in  1S57  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  was  first  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  society  in  1856-57.  He  taught  school  in  1858-59,  and  at  the 
same  time  read  law  under  the  direction  of  Hon.  J.  A.  Warth  of  Kanawha, 
W.  Va.  Continuing  his  studies  with  Hon.  Cyrus  Epler  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  i860.  Mr.  English's  army  service  began  in  August, 
1861,  and  ended  in  October,  1865.  He  was  in  the  32d  Illinois  infantry, 
and  held  commissions  as  captain,  major,  lieutenant-colonel  and  colonel. 
The  principal  engagements  in  which  his  regiment  took  part  were  Pittsburg 
Landing,  Hatchee,  Kenesaw  Mountain,  Atlanta  and  siege  of  Vicksburg. 
Mr.  English's  law  practice  since  the  war  has  been  in  Leavenworth  and 
Wichita,  Kan.,  and  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he  now  lives.  In  November, 
1873,  he  married  Maggie  Stonestreet,  and  has  one  son.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  presidential  elector  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  Kansas  in  1S76,  and  in 
1878  was  a  member  of  the  Wichita  school  board. 

158.  Theron  Reed  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  in  1854 
from  Kankakee,  111  ,  and  left  in  1855. 

1855-56 

159.  John  Prewitt  Smith,  b.  25  July,  1835,  at  Island  Grove,  Sangamon 
CO.,  111.  He  attended  school  near  home,  and  entering  Illinois  College 
in  1853  was  graduated  in  1S56  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  afterwards 
received  the  degree  of  M.A.  He  has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  farming 
and  cattle  dealing.  For  several  years  he  has  made  a  specialty  of  raising 
Norman  horses. 

160.  Edmund  Hockaday  Bristow,  b.  9  January,  1841,  in  Macoupin 
county,  111.  He  became  an  Illinois  College  student  in  1855,  having  pre- 
viously attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville.  In  Phi  Alpha  he 
held  the  office  of  librarian  one  term.  He  was  graduated  in  1859  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.,  and  in  1869  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  After  a  course  in 
law  study  with  Cravens  and  Gooch,  Palestine  Tex.,  in  1859-60,  Mr.  Bristow 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1861,  and  two  years  later  to  the  Mississippi  bar. 
In  June,  1863,  occurred  his  marriage  to  Mattie  E.  Elkins,  of  Aberdeen,  Miss. 
Soon  after  the  civil  war  began  Mr.  Bristow  enlisted  in  the  fifth  Texas  regiment 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  49 

and  served  in  the  campaigns  of  Lee  and  Floyd  against  Rosecrans  in  West 
Virginia,  and  the  next  year,  1862,  under  Johnston  and  Lee  against  McClellan. 
His  principal  battles  were  West  Point,  Seven  Pines,  Fair  Oaks,  Gaines  Mill 
and  Cold  Harbor.  In  the  last  he  received  a  wound  which  incapacitated  him 
for  much  more  active  service.  In  February,  1864  he  was  captured  and  kept 
a  prisoner  till  the  end  of  the  war.  Going  back  to  Mississippi  Mr.  Bristow 
taught  school  in  Monroe  county  in  1865  and  has  ever  since  practiced  law  in 
Aberdeen,  Miss.  He  delivered  the  address  before  the  society  at  its  reunion 
in  1887.  It  was  a  keen  and  thoughtful  production  entitled  Jacob's  Dream  in 
the  Light  of  Modern  Science.     Mr.  Bristow  has  one  daughter. 

161.  Robert  Allen,  b.  28  February,  1838,  in  Springfield,  111.  He  attended 
school  in  that  city  and  in  St.  Louis  during  1852-54,  one  year  later  entered 
Illinois  College  and  remained  until  1857.  At  the  opening  of  the  war  Mr. 
Allen  raised  a  company  in  his  native  city  called  the  "  Yates  Guards,"  later 
on  became  captain  of  company  I,  30th  Illinois  infantry  and  finally  major 
of  the  regiment  for  meritorious  conduct.  He  was  in  a  number  of  impor- 
tant battles,  prominent  among  which  were  Belmont  and  Champion  Hills. 
In  August,  1864,  he  resigned  on  account  of  disability  brought  on  by  hard 
service.  Mr.  Allen  was  for  some  time  assistant  inspector-general  of  the 
third  division,  seventeenth  army  corps.  He  married  Anna  M.  Purdy  at 
Springfield,  in  December,  1865.  After  studying  law  with  McClernand  and 
Broadwell  there  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1871,  and  practiced 
until  his  death  on  17  August,  1883.  He  left  two  children,  a  son  and  daughter. 
Mr.  Allen  was  a  man  ranked  very  high  by  his  friends  both  for  ability  and 
integrity. 

162.  William  H.  Henderson  entered  Illinois  College  in  1855,  from  Ful- 
ton, Mo.,  and  left  the  next  year. 

163.  James  Douglas  Smith,  b.  20  December,  1837,  at  Island  Grove,  San- 
gamon CO.,  III.  In  1844-51  he  attended  the  common  schools  and  in 
1852-53  was  under  private  instruction.  Entering  Illinois  College  in  Sep- 
tember, 1853,  he  was  graduated  in  1856  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  after- 
wards received  the  degree  of  M.A.  Mr.  Smith  married  Elizabeth  Brown 
of  Jacksonville  in  September,  1S64.  Seven  children  have  been  born  to 
them,  five  of  whom  are  living.  Since  graduation,  he  has  been  continuously 
engaged  in  farming  and  dealing  in  live  stock  near  New  Berlin,  San- 
gamon CO. 

164.  James  Baird  came  from  Pinckneyville,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1855  and  left  in  1856.     He  is  now  a  merchant  in  Emporia,  Kan. 

165.  Thomas  Booth,  b.  17  March,  1840,  at  Clarksville,  Pike  co.,  Mo. 
At  Westminster  College,  Fulton,  Mo.,  he  spent  a  year,  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1855  and  was  graduated  in  i860  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He 
was  secretary  of  Phi  Alpha  during  his  last  year  in  college.  In  January, 
1863,  he  married  Louisa  M.  Warren  of  Jacksonville,  III.  Their  three  chil- 
dren died  in  infancy.  Since  graduation  Mr.  Booth  has  been  a  grain  com- 
mission merchant  in  St.  Louis. 

166.  Lemuel  D.  Craig,  b.  17  July,  1S37,  in  Champaign  county,  O. 
In  1843  he  settled  in  Morgan  county.  111.,  with  his  parents,  was  in  the  com- 
mon schools  for  several  years  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  1855,  remain- 

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50  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

ing  one  year.  After  that  cotton  growing  in  Louisiana  was  his  occupation 
until  the  war.  He  joined  the  Confederate  army  as  a  member  of  Stuart's 
battalion  of  light  artillery.  His  army  service  was  confined  to  Tennessee, 
Mississippi  and  Louisiana.  He  took  part  in  the  last  engagement  at 
Corinth,  Miss.,  the  battle  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  siege  of  Vicksburg  and  battle 
of  Slireveport.  Since  the  war  he  has  been  a  farmer  and  stock  dealer  in 
Morgan  county.  111.  The  marriage  of  Mr.  Craig  to  Abbie  L.  Sutton  took 
place  in  Jacksonville,  in  September,  1870.     They  have  two  daughters. 

167.  John  Fitzhugh  Wilcox,  b.  12  February,  1836,  near  Berlin,  Sanga- 
mon CO.,  111.  He  attended  ShurtlefT  College,  Upper  Alton,  111.,  in  1853- 
54,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1855,  remained  a  year  and  then  attended 
a  select  school  near  his  home.  From  1857  till  i8go,  he  farmed  not  far  from 
Loami,  Sangamon  county,  excepting  four  years  spent  in  the  west,  mining, 
ranching  and  fighting  Indians.  Mary  A.  Rhea  of  Berlin,  became  his  wife 
in  1864.  She  died  soon  after  and  in  1S66  Mr.  Wilco.x  married  Fannie  Scott 
of  Waverly,  111.,  who  died  in  1882,  leaving  five  children.  In  1S87  he  mar- 
ried Mrs.  Sarah  Meacham,  of  Waverly.  He  moved  to  Narka,  Republic 
CO.,  Kan.,  in  February  of  the  present  year,  1890,  where  he  is  engaged  in 
farming  and  stock  raising. 

168.  William  De  Vore  Green,  b.  3  September,  1835,  in  Morgan  county, 
111.  He  attended  school  at  Lebanon  a  year,  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1855,  leaving  the  next  year.  In  April,  1861,  he  enlisted  in  the  loth  Illinois 
infantry  for  three  months'  service.  After  being  mustered  out  in  July,  he 
re-entered  the  service  as  an  officer  on  Gen.  Steel's  staflf.  He  rose  success- 
ively to  be  a  lieutenant-colonel,  colonel  and  general.  He  died  in  St.  Louis, 
in  1872. 

169.  William  Albert  Owsley,  b.  28  February,  1837,  at  Jamestown,  Rus- 
sell CO.,  Ky.  He  was  a  pupil  in  common  schools  and  afterwards  a 
student  in  Centre  College,  Danville,  Ky.,  during  the  years  1852-54.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1855,  and  left  in  1857.  After  reading  law  with 
Lincoln  and  Herndon,  Springfield,  111.,  he  tried  a  few  cases  in  Colorado  but 
soon  abandoned  the  profession  and  engaged  in  gold  mining  in  1859-63. 
For  the  two  years  succeeding  Mr.  Owsley  was  a  government  clerk  and  has 
since  been  a  journalist  on  the  staffs  of  various  papers,  the  "  New  York 
Tribune,"  "New  York  Associated  Press,"  "Louisville  Ledger,"  "Louis- 
ville Courier-Journal,"  "  Kentucky  New  Era,"  "  Hopkinsville  Conservative." 
In  1868-69  he  was  a  store-keeper  in  the  internal  revenue  service.  He  is,  or 
soon  will  be  inspector  of  the  department  of  public  works  in  Chicago.  Mr. 
Owsley  has  been  twice  married,  first  to  Annie  L.  Fitzhugh,  of  Springfield, 
111.,  and  to  Mary  E.  Towle,  daughter  of  Gen.  E.  H.  Towle  of  Frankfort,  Ky. 
He  has  three  sons,  one  by  his  first  wife  and  two  by  his  second. 

170.  William  Perry  Owsley,  b.  31  August,  1835,  at  Somerset,  Pulaski 
CO.,  Ky.  He  attended  Stanford  Ac.idemy,  Ky.,  in  1852-53,  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1855,  and  left  the  following  year.  In  1857  he  married  Annie 
Durkee  of  Missouri.  They  have  had  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 
Mr.  Owsley  followed  the  mercantile  business  in  Stanford,  Ky.,  from  the 
time  of  his  leaving  college  till  his  death  in  March,  1874.  He  was  a  gener- 
ous man,  modest,  honest  almost  to  a  fault,  of  excellent  understanding  and 
had  an  ability  to  estimate  men  and  things  that  amounted  to  genius. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  5I 

171.  Albert  Reed,  b.  12  February,  1836,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  attended 
public  and  private  schools  and  the  preparatory  departments  of  Iowa  College 
and  Illinois  College,  entered  the  last  named  institution  in  1855,  and  was 
graduated  in  1S59  ^^''h  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  was  graduated  from  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  in  1862.  Mr.  Reed  taught  school  in  Massachusetts  in 
1862-63,  3nd  in  various  places  in  South-eastern  Virginia,  in  1864-65  for  the 
American  Missionary  Association.  Since  1865  he  has  been  variously 
emplo3'ed  in  Jacksonville.  Julia  A.  Wentworh,  of  that  city,  became  his 
wife  in  May,  1868.     They  have  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

172.  J.  L.  Wilcox,  b.  25  November,  1S36,  at  Island  Grove,  Sangamon 
CO.,  111.  He  attended  the  common  schools  and  Shurtleff"  College,  Upper 
Alton,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1855,  and  left  in  1857.  He  then 
attended  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  a  year,  and  afterwards  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College.  In  1859  Dr.  Wilcox  married  Alice 
V.  Baker,  who  died  the  same  year,  and  in  1865  Jean  F.  Patterson.  Until 
the  war  he  practiced  in  Manito,  III.,  and  was  then  made  surgeon  of  the 
nth  Illinois  cavalrj',  serving  until  1865.  From  that  date  till  1880  he 
practiced  in  Loami,  111.,  and  since  1880  has  been  located  in  Springfield, 
111.  He  was  elected  to  the  Legislature  in  1874  from  the  Springfield 
district.  For  five  years  he  was  cit)'  physician.  He  has  three  sons  and  a 
daughter. 

173.  Owen  Washington  Clark,  b.  5  September,  1832,  at  Apple  Creek, 
Morgan  co.,  111.  In  1853-55  he  was  a  student  in  McKendree  College, 
Lebanon,  111.,  spent  1855-56  in  Illinois  College  and  1857-58  in  the  Illinois 
Wesleyan  University.  Until  1875  he  taught  schools  at  various  times  and 
places  in  Cass  and  McDonough  counties,  111.  He  was  a  teacher  and  partner 
in  the  Decatur  (111.),  Business  College  in  1864-66,  and  principal  of  the  Mat- 
toon  (111.)  Business  College  and  Normal  School  in  1879-81.  Mr.  Clark  has 
also  taught  penmanship  in  many  places  in  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
He  was  postmaster  at  Hagner,  111.,  in  1884-86,  and  is  at  present  living  on  a 
farm  near  Bluff  Springs,  111. 

174.  James  H.  Dayton,  b.  in  1835  at  Fairfield,  Cumberland  co.,  N.  J. 
He  removed  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  after  attending  public  schools  spent 
two  years,  1855-57,  in  Illinois  College.  From  the  time  of  leaving  college 
till  1876  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  since  the  latter  year  has  given  his  atten- 
tion to  the  cattle  trade  at  Humboldt,  Kan. 

175.  J.  M,  Fitzgerrel  came  from  Fairfield,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1855  and  left  at  the  end  of  the  college  year. 

176.  Elias  Williams,  b.  16  March,  1836,  in  Scott  county.  111.  He 
attended  countr}'  schools  and  spent  six  months  in  Illinois  College  in  1855-56. 
His  marriage  to  Ann  Bane,  of  Morgan  county,  took  place  in  1859.  For  two 
years  he  farmed  in  McDonough  county.  111.,  then  for  four  years  in  Morgan 
county,  until  1876  in  Scott  county  and  from  that  date  till  1883  near  Murray- 
ville.  111.  In  that  year  Mr.  Williams  settled  in  Minnesota,  near  Chatfield, 
and  now  owns  and  runs  a  dairy  farm.  He  is  also  engaged  in  dealing  in 
live  stock.     He  has  three  sons  and  three  daughters. 


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1856-57 

177.  William  L.  English,  b.  3  October,  1840,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1856,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  i860  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  afterwards  received  that  of  M.A. 
He  was  vice-president  of  Phi  Alpha  in  1857-58.  After  graduation  he 
taught  school  in  Rushville,  111.,  studied  law  with  Morrison  and  Epler,  in 
Jacksonville,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  practiced  for  a  short  time.  He 
served  during  most  of  the  war  as  a  private  in  the  loist  Illinois  infantry.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  joined  the  regular  army  and  was  commissioned  as  a 
first  lieutenant  m  the  15th  U.  S.  infantry.  He  was  shot  at  Big  Hole 
battle  II  August,  and  died  20  August,  1877.  In  April,  1877,  Mr.  English 
married  Kate  W.  Murray,  of  Jacksonville,  who  with  one  son  survives  him. 

178.  Charles  Smith  Brown,  b.  11  October,  1841,  at  Island  Grove,  Sanga- 
mon CO.,  111.,  His  connection  with  Illinois  College  began  in  1856  and 
he  was  graduated  in  i860  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  The  college  afterward 
conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  M.A.  Since  graduation  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  breeding  of  short-horn  cattle  and  roadster  and  saddle  horses 
at  Grove  Park  Farm,  near  Berlin,  Sangamon  co.  In  January,  1874,  he 
married  Sarah  E.  Bonnell  at  Middletown,  O.  They  have  no  children 
of  their  own,  but  are  caring  for  a  niece  and  nephew.  Mr.  Brown  was 
elected  president  of  the  Illinois  State  Short-horn  Breeders  Association  in 
January,  1890.     He  is  known  internationally  as  "  Blue-Grass  Brown." 

179.  Edward  McConnel,  b.  19  July,  1840,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  His 
early  education  was  acquired  In  private  schools.  He  also  attended 
the  west  district  school  of  Jacksonville.  He  finished  the  four  years' 
course  and  was  graduated  at  Illinois  College  in  1859  ^^'^h  the  salutatory 
and  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  has  since  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  Dur- 
ing his  senior  year  he  was  recording  secretary  of  the  society.  For  three 
months  he  served  in  the  loth  Illinois  infantry  as  private,  corporal  and 
sergeant  successively,  and  from  September  1861  to  March  1866,  as  a  first 
lieutenant,  captain  and  brevet  major  in  the  i6th  U.  S.  infantry.  He 
fought  in  the  battles  of  Shiloh,  Murfreesboro  and  those  of  the  Atlanta 
campaign,  besides  many  skirmishes.  In  1866-70  he  was  a  partner  in 
the  Jacksonville  Woolen  Mills,  then  went  to  the  state  of  New  York, 
where  he  remained  for  several  years.  In  December,  1874,  he  married 
Mrs.  Julia  F.  Garitson  of  St.  Louis.  Mr.  McConnel  lived  in  that  city  a  year, 
then  went  back  to  Jacksonville  and  in  1S76-77  studied  law  with  Epler 
and  Gallon.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1878  and  has  since  practiced 
in  Jacksonville.  He  is  now  master  in  chancery  of  Morgan  county.  He  has 
been  engaged  at  different  times  for  ten  years  in  newspaper  work,  part  of 
the  time  as  contributor  to  the  "  Saturday  Evening  Herald,"  Chicago,  and  as 
city  editor  and  editorial  writer  on  the  "  Jacksonville  Journal,"  and  "  Illinois 
Courier,"  with  the  latter  of  which  papers  he  has  been  connected  for  over 
three  years  last  past  as  editorial  writer. 

180.  Daniel  Marshall  Draper,  b.  6  October,  1839,  in  Lincoln  county, 
Mo.  He  attended  private  schools,  was  admitted  to  Illinois  College  in  1856, 
and  was  graduated  in  1858  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  and  afterwards  received 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  S3 

the  degree  of  M.  A.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  T.  J.  C.  Fagg,  in  Louis- 
iana, Mo.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1859,  ^f^^r  which  he  practiced 
in  Montgomery  count}',  Mo.  He  served  in  the  gth  Missouri  cavalry, 
was  made  captain  and  subsequently  lieutenant  colonel.  As  state  auditor  of 
Missouri  he  served  two  terms  in  1865-72.  In  1872  he  was  a  candidate  for 
state  treasurer,  and  in  1878  ran  for  Congress,  meeting  with  defeat  both  times. 
Mr.  Draper  is  now  with  the  Denver  and  Rio  Grande  Railroad  Company. 

181.  Ephraim  Dayton,  b.  5  May,  1S3S,  in  Fairton,  N.  J.  Removing  to 
Jacksonville,  111.,  with  his  parents  in  1840,  he  went  to  the  west  district 
school  of  which  Mr.  Newton  Bateman  was  principal.  He  became  a  student 
in  Illinois  College  in  1S56  and  was  graduated  in  1859  with  a  philosophical 
oration  and  the  degree  of  B.S.  Mr.  Dayton  was  treasurer  of  the  society  in 
1857-58  and  president  in  1858-59.  He  was  graduated  from  Rush  Medical 
College,  Chicago,  in  March,  1864,  and  entering  the  naval  service  soon  after, 
was  assigned  to  duty  on  the  "  Dr)'ad  "  and  remained  in  the  service  until  the 
close  of  the  war.  The  squadron  to  which  his  vessel  belonged  was  em- 
ployed on  the  Mississippi  and  Tennessee  rivers.  After  the  war  he  located 
in  Ellisville,  Fulton  co.,  111.,  and  practiced  medicine  until  his  health 
failed.  Soon  after  settling  there  he  married  Amelia  McLain,  of  Jackson- 
ville. He  died  of  consumption  at  the  latter  place  7  March,  1871.  Dr.  Day- 
ton was  a  talented  physician  and  gave  promise  of  a  very  successful  career. 
He  was  one  of  a  few  from  his  class  at  Rush  Medical  College  appointed  to 
write  theses  at  graduation. 

182.  John  Wilkes  Savage,  b.  26  October,  1834,  at  Monroe,  Cass 
CO.,  111.  Having  received  a  common  school  education  he  entered  Illi- 
nois College,  in  September,  1856,  and  left  in  February,  1857.  From  that 
time  till  1876  he  farmed  in  Cass  county.  In  August,  1859,  ^^  became 
the  husband  of  Caroline  M.  Springer  of  Monroe.  They  have  had  four 
sons  and  four  daughters.  In  1872,  he  served  as  a  member  of  the  state 
board  of  equalization  from  the  twelfth  congressional  district.  In  1873  and 
again  in  1878,  Mr.  Savage  was  elected  judge  of  the  county  court.  He  also 
represented  the  36th  district  in  the  lower  house  of  the  legislature  one 
term.  In  1876-85,  he  resided  in  Virginia,  Cass  co.,  and  since  1879  has 
been  a  merchant.  In  i8S5,he  removed  to  Englewood,  Kan.,  and  a  year  later 
to  Benton,  Neutral  Strip,  or  No  Man's  Land,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  and  stock-raising. 

183.  Robert  Marsden  Wakely,  b.  24  August,  1840,  in  Newark,  England. 
He  removed  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  with  his  parents  in  1849,  and  after  attend- 
ing private  school  for  three  years  entered  Illinois  College  in  1856.  He  left 
in  1858  and  has  since  been  a  lumber  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  Jackson- 
ville. He  married  Miss  F.  Olive  Eads,  of  Markham,  111.  They  have  a  son 
and  three  daughters. 

184.  William  Patterson  Paxson,  b.  8  September,  1837,  in  Cherokee 
county,  Ala.  The  family  came  to  Illinois  while  Mr.  Paxson  was  a  boy. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  and  Clayton  Academy,  Clayton,  Adams 
CO.,  and  Illinois  College  in  1856-57.  Entering  the  Methodist  ministry 
in  1858  he  took  charge  of  the  missionary  work  of  the  American  Sunday 
School  Union  in  Missouri,  in  1865.     He  also  changed  his  church  relations 


54  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

and  became  a  minister  in  the  Presbyterian  denomination.  He  was  one  of 
the  large  body  of  ministers  in  Missouri  and  Kentucky  who  refused  to  obey 
the  "  ipso  facto  "  political  orders  of  the  General  Assembly  and  was  for  that 
reason  forced  to  unite  in  forming  the  "  Independent  Synod  "  of  Missouri, 
which  afterwards  united  with  the  Southern  General  Assembly.  While  very 
young  he  took  an  active  part  in  organizing  Sunday  Schools  with  his  father, 
the  veteran  Sunday  School  missionary  of  Illinois  and  Missouri,  widely  known 
as  "  Father  Paxson."  Mr.  Paxson's  field  has  widened  until  he  is  now  super- 
intendent of  the  Southwestern  Department  of  the  American  Sunday  School 
Union,  including  Missouri,  Louisiana,  Texas  and  the  Indian  Territory. 
He  has  had  several  hundred  men  under  him  since  beginning  his  work 
whom  he  has  found  and  to  a  great  extent  supported  from  contributions 
which  he  has  raised.  Though  having  no  regular  pastorate  he  preaches  as 
much  if  not  more  than  a  regular  pastor.  His  work  has  been  among  the 
neglected  and  destitute.  In  1884  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from 
Arkansas  University  and  also  from  Arkansas  College.  Mr.  Paxson  has  been 
married  three  times,  in  1858,  in  1864  and  in  1882  and  has  three  sons  and  a 
daughter.     His  home  is  in  Springfield,  Mo. 

185.  Charles  Miles  Dunlap,  b.  17  August,  1836,  in  Lexington,  Ky. 
Moving  to  Illinois  he  attended  school  at  Mt.  Sterling  and  Columbus  and 
also  in  Shelbyville,  K}'.  He  left  Illinois  College  in  1857,  after  one  year  of 
attendance.  Mr.  Dunlap  has  engaged  in  various  occupations:  the  dry- 
goods  business  for  three  years,  dealing  in  horses,  making  overland  trips 
between  Illinois  and  California,  the  lumber  business,  and  is  now  a  farmer 
near  Mt.  Sterling,  making  a  specialty  of  raising  horses.  In  October,  1874, 
he  married  Helen  M.  Creery  of  Rushville,  111.,  and  has  two  sons  and  two 
daughters. 

186.  Otis  James  Dimick,  b.  in  1830,  in  New  York  City.  He  attended 
the  common  schools  and  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College  in  1855,  leav- 
ing after  two  years.  Since  the  latter  date  Mr.  Dimick  has  been  in  real  estate 
business.  In  i860  he  married  Harriet  L.  Cook,  by  whom  he  is  the  father 
of  three  children.  For  four  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace  and  for  eight 
years  member  of  the  city  council  of  Rock  Island,  111.,  where  he  now  lives. 

187.  Daniel  Cook  Caldwell,  b.  in  1837,  in  Morgan  county,  111.  He 
received  instruction  in  the  schools  of  Franklin,  111.,  and  spent  the  years 
185C-58  in  Illinois  College.  In  1859  he  taught  school  in  Morgan  county. 
Later  he  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Brown  of  Waverly,  111.,  and  attended 
the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  where  he  was  graduated  in  1867.  Return- 
ing to  his  home  in  Franklin  Dr.  Caldwell  was  about  to  begin  practice 
when  he  died  of  consumption  on  12  May,  1868.  He  was  a  sincere  Christian, 
generous  and  sympathetic  and  showed  great  fitness  for  the  profession  he 
intended  to  follow. 

188.  William  Brown,  b.  25  June,  1S39,  ^'  Island  Grove,  Sangamon 
CO.,  111.  After  attending  the  schools  of  his  native  place  he  entered 
Illinois  College  in  September,  1856,  and  left  in  1859.  He  has  since  been 
engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  near  Berlin,  Sangamon  co.  In 
October,  1S65,  Mr.  Brown  married  Sarah  R.  Smith  of  Covington,  Ky.  The 
three  children  born  to  them  died  in  infancy.    Mrs.  Brown  died  in  May,  1870. 


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In  June,  i88S,  Mr.  Brown  was  a  delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Con- 
vention from  the  thirteenth  Congressional  district  of  Illinois. 

189.  Benoni  Van  Winkle  entered  Illinois  College  in  1856  from  Jack- 
sonville. He  remained  a  year  and  for  sometime  following  went  to  a  com- 
mercial school  in  Chicago.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he  took  a  trip  to  the  far 
west  and  while  on  his  way  home  in  August,  1S63,  in  company  with  a  num- 
ber of  travelers,  was  attacked  and  killed  by  the  Sioux  Indians  near  the 
mouth  of  the  Yellowstone  River. 

190.  Edward  Cherrill,  b.  17  June,  1838,  in  London,  England.  His  parents 
came  to  America  in  1838  and  choosing  Jacksonville,  111.,  for  a  home  lived 
there  for  a  few  years,  then  moved  to  Carthage,  111.,  where  Mr.  Cherrill 
attended  the  public  schools  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  September, 
1856.  He  left  college  the  following  June  and  afterwards  attended  Indiana 
State  Universit}'  one  year.  Since  1864,  he  has  been  a  banker  and  is  now 
senior  member  of  the  firm  Cherrill,  Sholl  &  Co.,  Carthage.  In  June,  1869, 
he  was  married  to  Susan  A.  Sholl  of  Carthage.     They  have  five  children. 

191.  Samuel  Alexander  Sympson,  b.  11  December,  1836,  at  Greenburg, 
Green  co.,  Ky.  His  parents  removed  to  Carthage,  111.,  where  he  obtained 
a  common  school  education  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  1856.  He 
left  in  1858  and  has  since  been  in  the  grocery  business  in  Carthage. 

192.  William  O.  Coachman,  b.  27  April,  1837,  at  Sweet  Home,  Clark 
CO.,  Mo.  He  attended  the  common  schools  of  his  count)'  and  spent  a  year, 
1856-57,  in  Illinois  College.  Since  leaving  college  Mr.  Couchman  has 
followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer.  He  married  Eliza  D.  Metcalf  in 
December,  1868,  and  has  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

193.  Rezin  Virgin  Davis  entered  Illinois  College  in  1856,  coming  from 
Walker's  Grove.     He  remained  until  1858. 

194.  William  Edgar  Hughes,  b.  15  March,  1840,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
Taking  a  course  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  he  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  September,  1S56.  For  a  few  months  in  1857  he  taught  school  near 
Jacksonville,  then  returned  to  college  and  left  early  in  1858,  his  sophomore 
year.  In  1859  he  studied  law  in  Jacksonville.  From  1861  till  1865  Mr. 
Hughes  served  in  the  Confederate  army,  the  last  year  as  colonel  of  the 
13th  Confederate  regiment.  In  1865  he  taught  school  at  Weatherford, 
Johnson  co.,  Tex.,  and  continuing  his  law  studies  was  there  admitted  to 
the  bar.  After  several  years  of  law  practice  and  banking  Mr.  Hughes  left 
that  place  for  Dallas,  Tex.,  where  he  organized  the  "City  Bank  of  Dallas," 
now  the  "  City  National  Bank,"  and  for  a  number  of  years  was  its  president. 
He  removed  to  St.  Louis  in  1880  and  followed  his  law  profession  there  until 
1885  then  returned  to  Dallas  and  became  president  of  the  "  Exchange  Bank." 
He  still  resides  there  but  has  virtually  given  up  law  and  retired  from  all 
active  business.  He  is  president  of  two  or  three  corporations  in  Texas,  one 
of  them,  the  Continental  Land  and  Cattle  Company,  being  one  of  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  country,  having  a  paid  up  capital  of  two  and  a  half 
millions  of  dollars.  Mr.  Hughes  married  Annie  C.  Peete  of  Ft.  Worth,  Tex., 
in  November,  1867.  They  have  one  daughter,  Eliza  Clifton  Hughes.  Mr. 
Hughes'  residence  is  Dallas,  but  much  of  his  family's  time  is  spent  at  Clif- 
ton, their  country  place,  two  miles  from  the  city. 


56  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

195,  Elisha  Bentley  Hamilton,  b.  5  October,  1838,  at  Carthage,  Hancock 
CO.,  111.      He  eniercd    Illinois   College  in  October,   1856,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  i860  with  the  degree  of  B.S.     In  1878   the  degree  of  M.A.  was  con- 
ferred  upon  him  by  his  alma  mater.     During  his  last  year  in  college   Mr. 
Hamilton  was  librarian  of  Phi  Alpha.     He  was  in  the  state  militia  before 
the  war  and    in   1862  enlisted  in  the  ii8th  Illinois  infantry,  and  during  his 
service  held  commissions  as  regimental  quarter-master  and  first  lieutenant. 
He  was  mustered  out  in  October,  1865.     Sherman's  attack  on  Vicksburg, 
Grant's  siege  and  capture  of  that  place,  Sherman's  capture  of  Jackson,  Miss., 
the  battles  around  Port  Hudson,  La.,  Lee's  cavalry  raid  into  Mississippi,  and 
Davidson's  raid  through  that  state  and  Louisiana  were  his  main  campaigns 
and  battles.     Mr.  Hamilton  served  as  aide-de-camp  to  Gen.  Froude  for  a  brief 
time.      After  reading  law  with  Warren  and  Wheat  of  Ouincy,  111.,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in   1869  and  to  the  U.  S.  district  and  circuit  courts  in 
1872.     In  186S  and  again  four  years  later  Mr.  Hamilton  received  appoint- 
ment to  the  surveyorship  of  customs,  port  of  Quincy.    In  1873  he  was  com- 
missioned first  lieutenant  of  the  Ouincy  National  Guards,  in  1S76  captain  of 
the   same,  and  in  1877,  during  the  strike,  commanded   the  8th  regiment  of 
the  Illinois  National  Guards,  at  East  St.  Louis.     In  September  of  the  follow- 
ing year  he  married  Mary  E.  Fisk  of  Quincy,  who  is  now  mother  of  a  son 
and  daughter.     The  same  year  he  was  made  brigadier-general  on  the  gover- 
nor's stafT  and  chief  of  artillery  of  Illinois.     In    18S0   he  became   inspector 
general  of  the  Illinois  National  Guards  and  held  the  position  until   1S87,  as 
well  as  the  treasurership  of  the  Illinois  Soldiers'  and  Sailors'  Home.     Mr. 
Hamilton  removed  to  Kansas  City  in  1887,  where  he  is  now  practicing  law. 

196.  Jeremiah  Sibert,  b.  20  November,  1836,  in  Morgan  county,  111.  He 
attended  country  schools  and  in  1856  entered  Illinois  College,  where  he 
remained  for  two  years.  After  leaving  college  he  was  for  a  while  employed 
in  buying  and  shipping  cattle  for  Mr.  Jacob  Strawn  of  Jacksonville  and 
then  moved  to  Green  county.  111.,  and  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
He  married  Laura  L.  Massey  of  Jacksonville,  in  March,  i860.  Two  sons 
are  living  and  two  died  in  infancy.  Mr.  Sibert  died  in  Jacksonville  in  the 
fall  of  1865. 

197.  William  Williams  Jones,  b.  30  March,  1839,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  entered  Illinois  College  in  September,  1856,  and  was  graduated  in  1859 
with  the  degree  of  B.S,  In  tlie  society  he  was  corresponding  secre- 
tary. For  some  months  after  graduation  he  studied  law.  In  December, 
1862, he  went  to  Vicksburg  as  Gen.  McClernand's  private  secretary  and  wrote 
constantly  for  the  Chicago  papers  and  the  Illinois  "State  Journal."  After 
returning  to  the  state  he  became  associate  editor  on  the  staff  of  that  paper  and 
held  the  place  until  his  death,  12  September,  1867,  in  Springfield.  Mr.  Jones 
was  a  great  lover  of  music  and  possessed  a  fine  tenor  voice,  which  proved  of 
great  service  in  the  patriotic  meetings  of  1860-61.  He  was  untiring  in 
church  work.  As  a  journalist  he  exhibited  an  aptitude  and  readiness  very 
remarkable. 

198.  Nathaniel  Patterson  Montgomery,  b.  near  Ipava,  111.  He  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1859,  but  left  after  a  few  months  on  account  of  ill  health. 

'  He  enlisted    in  the    103d  Illinois  infantry   in    1862,  was  commissioned  first 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  57 

lieutenant  of  company  I,  and  was  killed  on  27  June,  1864,  in  the  battle  of 
Kenesaw  Mountain.  His  body  was  never  recovered,  but  was  buried  by  the 
Confederates.  He  was  a  young  man  whose  character  was  almost  above 
reproach  and  who  enjoyed  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  all  his  acquaintances. 

199.  James  Patterson  Stone  entered  Illinois  College  from  Irish  Grove, 
111.,  in  1856  and  left  in  1S57. 

200.  Joseph  H.  Miller,  b.  29  March,  1841,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  public  schools  and  in  1856  entered  Illinois  College,  where  he 
remained  one  year.  He  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  in  1861  and  was 
in  active  service  until  the  close  of  the  war.  At  first  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Washington  artillery  and  afterwards  captain  of  company  A,  nth 
Louisiana  regiment.  In  1865  Mr.  Miller  married  Rachael  Coney  of  Mag- 
nolia, Miss.  He  taught  school  there  a  year  and  during  1867-74  engaged  in 
general  merchandise  business.  Captain  Miller  died  in  February,  1874,  at 
his  home  in  Magnolia,  leaving  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 

201.  William  Henry  Edgar,  b.  10  September,  1840,  at  Mt.  Pleasant,  la. 
He  gained  a  preliminary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  St.  Louis  and 
Jacksonville  and  in  the  college  preparatory  department.  He  entered  the 
college  in  September,  1856,  and  was  graduated  in  i860  with  the  degree  of 
B.A.  In  1861  he  enlisted  in  the  33d  Illinois  infantry  and  afterwards  served 
as  second  lieutenant  in  the  32d.  Resigning  his  commission  on  account  of 
ill  health,  he  came  north  and  resumed  law  studies  with  Judge  Parks  in 
Aurora,  111,  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1863.  Mr.  Edgar  again  went  South 
and  served  a  year  or  more  in  the  quarter-master's  department  at  Vicksburg, 
Miss.,  and  other  places.  Immediately  after  the  war  he  was  for  two  years 
connected  with  the  Adams  Express  Company  in  New  Orleans  and  Mobile. 
In  1869  he  entered  upon  editorial  work  in  Jerseyville,  111.  In  18S0  he 
was  a  candidate  for  congress  from  the  twelfth  congressional  district  of 
Illinois.  He  read  the  poem  at  the  fortieth  anniversary  of  the  Society  in 
October,  1885.  In  1886  he  went  west,  and  spent  a  winter  in  Baxter  Springs, 
Kan.,  where  he  conducted  a  paper.  He  afterwards  established  a  paper  in 
Washington,  Mo.,  known  as  the  "  Washington  Republican."  In  December, 
1888,  Mr.  Edgar  returned  to  Jerseyville  and  has  since  been  editing  the 
"  Republican-Examiner." 

202.  James  Francis  Hardin,  b.  8  September,  1836,  at  Boyd's  Station, 
Harrison  co.,  Ky.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1856  and  left  in  1858. 
After  reading  law  with  Hon.  Lyman  Lacey,  of  Havana,  111.,  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  and  until  1863  practiced  in  Illinois  and  Texas.  For  several  years 
preceding  i869he  was  a  circuit  attorney  in  southwest  Texas, and  then  removed 
to  Springfield,  Mo.,  where  he  became  one  of  the  law  firm  of  Pope,  Hardin, 
and  Randall.  In  1873  he  went  to  Carthage,  Mo.,  and  practiced  law  until 
assassinated  3  February,  1876.  Mr.  Hardin  was  married  in  November, 
1863,  at  Mount  Vernon,  Mo.,  Miss  Sue  E.  Price  becoming  his  wife.  He  left 
a  family  of  four  daughters  and  two  sons.  Mr.  Hardin,  who  had  a  lucrative 
practice  of  wide  range,  was  a  man  of  dauntless  courage,  iron  will,  and  yet 
great  generosity.  Being  a  self-made  man  he  took  pleasure  in  assisting  all 
worthy  young  men  that  he  could.  He  was  a  cultured  and  refined  man, 
having  a  great  love  for  his  home  and  family. 


58  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

203.  John  Wesley  Ross,  b.  23  June,  1S41,  at  Lewistown,  Fulton  co., 
111.  He  was  a  student  in  private  schools  until  1S53,  and  in  the  Lewiston 
Seminary  until  1856.  Entering  Illinois  College  in  September  of  the  latter 
year,  he  left  in  June,  1862.  In  the  society  Mr.  Ross  served  successively  as 
recording  secretary  and  president.  In  1866  he  delivered  the  address  at  the 
reunion.  He  studied  in  the  Harvard  Law  School  in  1864-65,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  upon  examination  in  open  supreme  court  at  Springtield, 
111.,  in  January,  1S66.  He  practiced  at  Lewistown  in  1866-73  and  dur- 
ing the  last  four  of  these  years  he  represented  the  Fulton  county  district  in 
the  state  legislature.  In  June,  1870,  he  married  Emma  Tcnney,  Washington, 
D.  C,  who  died  in  1879,  leaving  five  children,  one  of  whom  isdead.  In  April, 
1873,  Mr.  Ross  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  U.  S.  supreme  court  and  has 
since  practiced  in  Washington,  D.  C.  In  October,  1883,  he  was  appointed 
lecturer  in  the  Law  School  of  Georgetown  University  on  the  subjects,  Com-» 
mon  Law  Practice,  Torts  and  Domestic  Relations,  and  in  1885  the  univer- 
sity honored  him  with  the  degree  of  LL.D.  Mr.  Ross  was  appointed  post- 
master at  Washington  in  1888,  and  still  retains  the  ofhce.  He  is  also  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  public  schools  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 
In  September,  1888,  he  married  Isabel  McCullough  of  Allegheny,  Pa. 

204.  William  Pierce  Gallon,  b.  28  March,  1836,  at  Laurel,  Ind.  Making 
Illinois  his  home  he  attended  the  schools  of  Island  Grove  and  became  an 
Illinois  College  freshman  in  September,  1856.  He  was  first  vice-president 
of  the  society  in  1S58-59.  He  was  graduated  in  1859  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 
and  delivered  a  philosophical  oration.  After  reading  law  in  the  office  of  Hon. 
Cyrus  Epler  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  i860.  Mr. 
Gallon  was  made  first  lieutenant  in  the  4th  Illinois  cavalry  in  August, 
1861,  and  later  became  acting  assistant  adjutant-general  to  Gen.  Edward 
Hatch's  division  of  calvary  under  detail  from  the  war  department.  He  was 
mustered  out  in  November,  1S64.  After  the  war  Mr.  Gallon  practiced  law 
in  Lincoln,  111.,  until  1S72,  with  the  exception  of  two  years  1867-69  spent  as 
Indian  agent  in  Omaha,  Neb.  In  1868  he  was  married  to  Nannie  W. 
Thornhill,  of  Adams  county.  Miss.  They  have  eight  children.  Since  1872, 
He  has  practiced  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was  an  alderman  in  1S74  and 
1885,  a  member  of  the  lower  house  of  the  legislature  in  1S76,  and  state  sena- 
tor in  1878-82. 

1857-58 

205.  William  Shotwell  Allen,  b.  27  January,  1840,  at  Laporte,  Ind.  He 
attended  the  schools  of  Havana,  111.,  for  three  years  previous  to  entering 
Illinois  College  in  September,  1S57,  where  he  remained  but  a  short  time. 
During  i85(}-6i  he  was  a  student  in  Normal  University,  Bloomington,  111. 
In  Julv,  1862,  Mr.  Allen  enlisted  as  sergeant  major  in  the  85th  Illinois 
infantry  and  served  till  June,  1864.  His  principal  battles  were  Pcrryville, 
Ky..  Stone  River,  Chattanooga,  Chicamauga,  Mission  Ridge,  Tenn.,  and  the 
battles  of  the  Atlanta  campaign.  At  Kenesaw  Mountain  he  received  three 
gunshot  wounds,  was  taken  home  by  his  father,  and  after  his  recovery  was 
employed  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Buck,  medical  director  at  Springtield,  111.,  until 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  59 

mustered  out-  of  service  in  June,  1865.  From  that  date  till  1872  Mr.  Allen 
was  a  farmer  in  Mason  count)',  111.,  and  was  then  appointed  deputy  circuit 
clerk  of  the  county.  After  his  term  expired  he  spent  a  year  in  Oregon, 
returned  to  Illinois,  was  U.  S.  postal  clerk  until  1882,  and  then  returned  to 
farming.  In  June,  1873,  he  married  Lucy  J.  Randle  of  Jacksonville,  111., 
and  has  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

206.  DeWitt  Clinton  Wilbur  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from 
Elmira,  N.  Y.,  and  left  in  1858. 

207.  Jesse  Connel  Wilhite,  b.  28  May,  1837,  in  Trimble  county,  Ky. 
Mr.  Wilhite  went  to  school  in  Platte  county.  Mo.,  where  the  family  moved, 
and  spent  a  year  in  Pleasant  Ridge  College.  He  entered  Illinois  College 
in  September,  1857.  In  the  society  he  was  treasurer  a  year.  He  left  college 
in  June,  1859,  and  until  1873  engaged  in  the  milling  business  in  various 
parts  of  Missouri,  when  he  became  a  commission  merchant  in  St.  Louis,  in 
which  occupation  he  has  continued  in  Chicago  since  1886.  His  marriage 
to  Sarah  E.  Barclay  of  his  native  county  took  place  in  November,  1859. 
Four  sons  and  three  daughters  are  living. 

208.  John  Jay  Bergen,  b.  5  September,  1842,  at  Jersey  Prarie,  Cass  co., 
111.  He  attended  the  common  schools  before  entering  Illinois  College  in 
September,  1857,  where  he  remained  until  June,  i860.  Since  the  latter  date 
he  has  been  in  the  drj'  goods  business  in  Virginia,  111.  In  December,  1862, 
Mr.  Bergen  married  Miss  S.  C.  Stevenson  of  Cass  county.  They  have  two 
daughters.  Mr.  Bergen  is  a  trustee  of  the  Illinois  Conservatory  of  Music, 
Jacksonville. 

209.  Jacob  Asahel  Epler,  b.  11  February,  1841,  in  Virginia,  Cass  co., 
111.  Attending  the  district  schools  until  1857  he  then  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege and  left  after  two  years.  In  1862  he  married  Miss  S.  E.  Thompson  who 
became  the  mother  of  two  daughters  and  a  son.  He  engaged  in  real  estate 
business  in  Seattle,  W.  T.,  until  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr.  Epler  was  a 
genial,  warm-hearted  Christian  gentleman.  He  had  fine  conversational 
powers,  was  very  popular,  succeeded  well  in  business  and  always  gave  his 
assistance  to  public  enterprises. 

210.  James  Christopher  Martin,  b.  14  November,  1839,  in  Morgan  county, 
111.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  1857  entered 
the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College,  and  one  year  later  the  college. 
He  left  just  before  commencement  in  1862.  Mr.  Martin  was  vice-president 
of  the  societ}'  one  term.  He  read  law  for  two  years  with  Hon.  Wm.  Brown 
in  Jacksonville  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1864.  The  same  year  he  went 
to  California  and  practiced  in  Butte  county  until  1872.  While  located  there 
he  was  district  attorney  and  in  1869-70  represented  the  county  in  the  legisla- 
ture. Since  1872  he  has  practiced  in  Oakland.  He  married  Anna  Phipps 
of  Oroville,  Cal.,  in  i86g  and  has  a  daughter  and  son. 

211.  George  Spafford  Bergen,  b.  i  November,  1844,  at  Jersey  Prarie, 
Cass  CO.,  III.  He  was  in  the  preparator}'^  department  of  Springfield  (111.) 
University  in  1855-56  and  in  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1856-57,  entering  college  immediately  after.  In  Phi  Alpha  Mr. 
Bergen  became  vice-president.  He  was  graduated  in  1862  with  the  degree 
of   B.A.,   and    took    the   master's  degree  in  1865.     The  same  year  he   was 


6o  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

graduated  at  Princeton  Theological  Seminary  and  in  the  autumn  sailed  for 
India  as  a  missionary  under  the  auspices  of  the  Presbyterian  Board.  He 
was  stationed  at  Lahore  in  1866  and  at  Lodiana  in  1S67-72.  From  1872  till  a 
short  time  ago  he  was  at  Ambala  City.  He  married  Julia  S.  Graves  of 
Jacksonville,  111.  At  present  he  is  in  Blairstown,  N.  J.,  with  his  wife, 
educatino;  his  two  sons.     Their  first  child,  a  daughter,  died  in  India. 

212.  Henry  Brown  Shirley,  b.  2  May,  1S42,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  After 
receiving  some  education  in  the  common  schools  he  served  a  three  years 
apprenticeship  at  the  printer's  trade.  For  two  years  he  was  in  the  prepara- 
tory department  of  Illinois  College  and  in  the  college  during  1857-60.  In 
1S61  he  served  for  three  months  in  the  68th  Illinois  infantry  and  for  a  hun- 
dred days  in  the  145th.  He  was  graduated  from  the  St.  Louis  Homeopathic 
College  in  1S67.  Till  1S81  Dr.  Shirley  practiced  in  Whitehall,  111.,  when 
he  went  to  North  Loup,  Valley  co.,  Neb.  He  was  coroner  of  the  county  in 
1883-85.  Failing  health  caused  him  to  drop  hard  practice,  and  for  the  past 
six  years  he  has  turned  his  attention  mostly  to  farming.  Since  1882  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  city  school  board.  Owing  to  the  fine  climate  of  his 
present  home  he  has  in  a  great  measure  regained  his  health. 

213.  Valentine  Cartwright  Randolph,  b.  16  February,  1838,  in  Logan 
county.  111.  He  attended  school  in  his  native  county  and  spent  1857-60  in 
Illinois  College.  He  attended  Dickinson  College,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  for  a  year 
and  subsequently  the  Ohio  Wesleyan  University  at  Delaware,  for  three 
years,  1865-68,  where  he  was  graduated  %vith  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  served 
in  the  Union  army  in  1861-64  as  a  private  in  the  39th  Illinois  infantrj'.  His 
most  important  campaigns  were  the  Shenandoah  Vallej',  Harrison  Landing 
and  James  River,  Va.,  St.  Helena  Island  and  Morris  Island,  S.  C.  He  par- 
ticipated with  his  regiment  in  the  battles  of  those  campaigns.  Returning  to 
Logan  county,  Mr.  Randolph  taught  school  there  for  a  short  time  in  1864-65, 
and  in  Johnson  county,  Mo.,  in  1868.  He  completed  the  theological  course 
in  Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  111.,  in  1869,  receiving  the  degree  of 
B.D.  In  June  of  the  following  year  Angela  Houghton,  of  Wellington,  O., 
became  his  wife.  Mr.  Randolph  was  honored  with  the  degree  of  M..^.  by 
Illinois  Wesleyan  University  in  1872.  Since  being  ordained  as  a  minister 
in  the  M.  E.  church,  he  has  had  the  following  charges:  Le  Roy,  Sadorus, 
Waynesville,  Girard,  La  Prarie,  Mendon,  Georgetown,  Ipava,  Good  Hope, 
Milford,  Pekin,  all  in  Illinois,  and  Nashville,  Tenn.  Mr.  Randolph  was 
elected  president  of  Tullahoma  College,  Tenn.,  in  18S2,  but  did  not  accept. 
He  is  now  in  Buda,  111. 

214.  William  Brown,  b.  20  September,  1840,  in  Booneville,  Mo.  He 
there  attended  Kemper's  Academy  until  1855,  spent  a  year  in  the  St.  Louis 
University  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  the  fall  of  1S56.  Remaining  for 
two  years  he  was  then  a  student  in  the  Missouri  State  Universitj*  a  year. 
Mr.  Brown  studied  law  with  Chief  Justice  Adams  of  the  Missouri  supreme 
court  in  1859-61,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  entered  upon  practice  in 
Jacksonville,  111.,  where  he  has  since  lived.  He  was  city  attorney  in  1862-64, 
states  attorney  for  the  first  judicial  circuit  of  Illinos  in  1864-72,  was  elected 
state  senator  in  1872  and  during  1S74-76  acted  as  chairman  of  the  Demo- 
cratic state  central  committee.     He  married  Clara  B.  Robb  of  Jacksonville, 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  6l 

111.,  In  September,  in  1865.  She  died  in  1876  leaving  two  sons  and  two 
daughters.  His  second  marriage,  to  Eliza  F.  Martin,  took  place  in  October, 
187S.  The}'  have  one  child.  At  present  Mr.  Brown  is  practicing  law  in 
Chicago.  His  son,  William  Brown,  jr.,  (No.  736)  was  also  a  member  of  the 
society  before  leaving  the  college  for  West  Point  Military  Academy. 

215.  Henry  Harrison  Wier  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from  Carlin- 
ville,  111.,  and  left  in  .1S5S. 

216.  Charles  Henry  Glenn,  b.  31  May,  1843,  at  Middletown,  Logan  co., 
111.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  and  left  in  1859.  -^s  a  musician 
in  the  28th  Illinois  infantry  in  1861-65  Mr.  Glenn  accompanied  his  regiment 
through  all  its  campaigns  and  battles.  The  mercantile  business  was  his 
occupation  at  Middletown  in  1867-72  and  in  1875-78  at  Culbertson,  Neb., 
where  he  also  dealt  in  cattle.  In  1878  he  was  afflicted  with  a  paralytic 
stroke  and  remained  an  invalid  until  his  death  at  Middletown,  on  24  Febru- 
ary, 1885.  He  was  a  very  popular  man,  generous  and  free  with  his 
means. 

217.  Charles  Williams  Hunter  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from 
Jacksonville,  111.,  and  left  in  1859. 

218.  George  W.  Smith,  b.  19  November,  1837.  He  attended  the  com- 
mon schools  and  was  a  pupil  of  Newton  Bateman.  He  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1857  and  left  in  1859.  For  one  year  he  was  vice-president  of  the 
society.  For  six  years,  at  different  periods,  Mr.  Smith  taught  school  in 
Morgan  county.  111.  In  1861-62  he  studied  law  with  Hon.  Cyrus  Epler  in 
Jacksonville.  He  served  for  five  months  in  the  68th  Illinois  infantry,  and 
was  subsequently  captain  of  company  B,  133d.  In  1865  he  married  Mary 
Sheahan  of  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was  elected  city  marshall  of  Jacksonville 
in  1868,  two  years  later  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  state  supreme  court, 
and  afterwards  in  the  United  States  court.  He  was  elected  a  member 
of  the  city  school  board  in  1875,  and  has  since  held  the  position  con- 
tinuously. In  1886  he  was  elected  to  the  state  legislature.  He  has  three 
sons. 

219.  Armstead  Calvin  Brown,  b.  24  December,  1837,  in  Galena,  111.  He 
attended  public  schools  in  Wisconsin  and  later  in  Jackson,  Cal.,  where  his 
parents  moved.  His  entrance  into  Illinois  College  occurred  in  1857  and  in 
1859  he  left  without  being  graduated.  He  studied  law  in  Jacksonville,  111., 
with  Henry  J.  Atkins  until  1861,  then  enlisted  in  an  Illinois  regiment.  At 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  service  he  re-enlisted  in  the  loth  Wisconsin 
infantry  and  served  till  the  close  of  the  war.  In  September,  1865,  he  married 
Sarah  Tompkins  at  Hazel  Green,  Wis.  Mr.  Brown  then  moved  to  Jackson, 
Cal.,  where  he  died  on  10  May,  1867,  of  sickness  resulting  from  army  ser- 
vice.    He  left  a  daughter. 

.    220.  William  Henry  Monegan  entered  Illinois  College  from  Shipman, 
111.,  in  1857,  and  left  in  1859. 

221.  George  Richard  Nelson  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from  Inde- 
pendence, III.,  and  left  in  1859.     He  is  now  living  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

222.  William  Robert  Mosby,  b.  i  June,  1839,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  1857  entered  Illinois 
College.     Owing  to  the  death  of  his  father  he  was  obliged  to  leave   in  1858 


62  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

and  soon  after  became  deputy  circuit  clerii.  Miss  Ellen  Markoe  of  Jackson- 
ville, became  his  wife  in  November,  1861.  Mr.  Mosby  enlisted  in  company  E, 
lOist  Illinois  infantry  as  a  sergeant  and  was  afterwards  detailed  as  a 
colonel's  clerk.  At  the  end  of  his  army  service  he  resumed  his  duties  as 
deputy  circuit  clerk.  He  was  drowned  while  bathing  in  the  Illinois  river  at 
Mcrcdosia  on  (>  Aii},aist,  1869.     His  wife  and  four  children  survive  him. 

223.  Ichabod  Taylor  Miller  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  and  left  in 
1858. 

224.  John  Andrew  Moore,  b.  4  January,  1834,  at  Granville,  Putnam  co., 
111.  He  spent  one  year  in  South  Hanover  College,  Ind.,  and  a  few  months 
in  Marengo  College,  then  entered  Illinois  College  in  1856  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  185S  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  taught  a  school  at  Sprinkleburg, 
111.,  in  the  winter  of  1858-59  and  soon  after  went  to  Potosi,  Mo.,  where  he 
died  of  consumption  on  15  December,'  i860.  Mr.  Moore  was  a  young  man  of 
exemplary  character,  and  of  high  standing  in  his  college  classes.  He  in- 
tended to  enter  the  ministry. 

225.  George  Augustus  English,  b.  22  January,  1837,  in  Kanawha  county, 
W.  Va.  After  attending  public  and  private  schools,  and  Marietta  (O.)  Col- 
lege for  a  brief  period,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  the  fall  of  185S  and 
was  graduated  in  1861  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  During  the  last  two 
years  he  was  vice-president  of  the  society.  Mr.  English  was  about  to 
enter  upon  the  practice  of  law,  having  studied  with  Hon.  John  A.  Warth  of 
Kanawha,  W.  Va.,  but  gave  it  up  to  serve  in  the  Confederate  arm)-.  He 
was  at  first  in  Loring's  command  and  afterwards  under  Early.  He  was 
captured  in  the  Shenandoah  Valley  in  1864,  held  until  the  spring  of  1865, 
then  sent  to  Savannah,  Ga.,  exchanged  and,  being  sick  at  the  time  the  city 
was  taken,  fell  into  the  hands  of  Federal  troops.  His  friends  were  per- 
mitted to  care  for  him  and  when  on  his  way  home  he  died  in  New  York 
City  on  5  March,  1S65.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a  highly  accomplished 
young  man,  much  respected  and  loved. 

226.  William  Travis  Willson  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from 
Morganfield,  Ky.,  and   remained  a  year. 

227.  Elias  Cockrell,  b.  S  September,  1838,  at  East  Newburn,  111.  He 
attended  Shurtleft"  College,  Upper  Alton,  111.,  in  1857  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1858.  He  did  not  remain  long  and  spent  the  )'ear  1859  '"  East- 
man's Commercial  College,  St.  Louis.  He  then  went  to  Denver,  Col. 
mined  there  for  two  years  and  removed  to  Montana  where  he  engaged  in 
freight  transportation  between  Salt  Lake  City  and  Helena  until  1870.  Re- 
turning to  Illinois  in  the  latter  year  he  took  up  his  residence  at  Jerseyville 
and  has  since  been  in  the  grain  and  lumber  business.  He  married  Lottie 
Knapp  of  Jersej'ville  in  December,  1S71,  and  has  four  sons  and  a  daughter 
living  and  a  daughter  dead. 

228.  Jacob  Perry  Lurton,  b.  5  May,  1836,  at  Newbern,  Jersey  co.,  111. 
Mr.  Lurton  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858 
and  in  1859  left  to  attend  Eastman's  Business  College,  St.  Louis.  He  after- 
wards spent  a  year  or  two  in  Shurtleff  College,  Upper  Alton,  111.  In 
1863-64  he  served  for  nine  months  in  the  97th  Illinois  infantry  as  a  first 
lieutenant.     He  married  Hester  Blevins  of  Jerseyville,  111.,  in  1862  and  be- 


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came  the  father  of  two  sons  and  one  daughter.     His  death  took  place  in  his 
native  town  on  8  November,  1868. 

229.  Charles  Franklin  Catlin  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from 
Qiiinc}',  111.     He  is  now  living  in  Omaha,  Neb. 

230.  James  Harrison  Cunningham  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857  from 
Mattoon,  111. 

1858-59 

231.  George  Clinton  McFarland,  b.  25  August,  1841,  at  Sandwich,  N.H. 
He  came  to  Illinois  in  1854  and  attended  the  schools  of  Jacksonville  before 
entering  Illinois  College  in  185S.  Leaving  the  next  year  he  studied  medi- 
cine with  Dr.  O.  M.  Long  of  Jacksonville,  for  two  years.  In  1866-79  he 
practiced  in  South  Elkhorn,  Ky.  He  married  Mary  E.  Bush  of  Lexington, 
Ky.,  in  1866,  and  has  two  daughters.  Dr.  McFarland  served  in  the  Union 
army  as  assistant  surgeon  of  a  U.  S.  regiment.  He  is  now  assistant  super- 
intendent of  the  Oak  Lawn  Retreat  for  the  insane  in  Jacksonville. 

232.  George  Alexander  Dunlap  entered  Illinois  College  in  1857,  and 
remained  for  some  time.  After  leaving  college  he  went  to  New  York 
City  and  was  employed  in  a  wholesale  grocery  house.  He  afterwards 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army  and  served  in  the  quartermaster's  department. 
After  the  battle  of  Pittsburg  Landing  he  returned  to  his  home  in  Jackson- 
ville and  died  in  about  three  weeks  after  his  arrival. 

233.  John  Kibbe  Lathrop,  b.  7  June,  1841,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  private  and  public  schools  until  the  fall  of  1858,  when  he  entered 
the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College.  He  was  forced  by  sickness 
to  leave  in  i860.  Mr.  Lathrop  during  the  war  cared  for  the  sick  and 
wounded  at  Fort  Donaldson  and  elsewhere.  He  engaged  in  the  dry  goods 
business  in  1860-66,  and  has  since  been  a  railroad  clerk  and  bookkeeper  in 
St.  Louis,  and  Springfield,  Mass.  In  1875  he  married  Emma  J.  Leavitt  of 
Boston,  who  died  in  1883.  She  was  the  mother  of  three  sons,  and  two 
daughters  now  dead. 

234.  William  C.  McWilliam  entered  Illinois  College  in  1858  and  re- 
mained a  year. 

235.  Alexander  Hamilton  Green,  b.  11  August,  1842,  at  Stephentown, 
N.  Y.  In  1845  the  family  moved  to  Plaquemine,  La.,  where  Mr.  Green  spent 
several  years  in  the  district  schools.  He  left  Illinois  College  in  i860  after 
having  been  there  for  two  years.  Mr.  Green  served  in  the  Confederate 
army  for  four  years.  He  was  captured  at  Island  No.  10  and  taken  to  Camp 
Douglas  but  was  soon  exchanged.  Entering  the  service  again  he  was  the 
second  time  taken  prisoner  at  Vicksburg  and  paroled.  He  fought  in  all 
the  battles  of  the  Georgia  campaign  under  Johnston  from  Resaca,  Tenn.,  to 
Atlanta,  Ga.  He  was  in  the  army  of  Gen.  J.  E.  Johnston  that  surrendered 
at  Montgomery,  Ala.,  in  1865.  For  three  years  following  the  war  he  attended 
Soule's  Business  College,  New  Orleans.  In  December,  1866,  Laura  Lam- 
bert of  New  Orleans  became  his  wife.  They  have  a  son  and  daughter. 
Since  1871  Mr.  Green  has  been  a  cotton  buyer  and  grader  in  Wilmington, 
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64  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

236.  Gilbert  Eddy  Green,  b.  7  September,  1840,  at  Stephentown,  N.  Y. 
He  came  to  Illinois  in  1845  and  after  several  years  in  the  public  schools 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1857.  During  the  following  year  he  taught 
school  in  Amrite  City,  La.,  where  his  parents  had  moved,  then  returned 
to  college  and  remained  until  1B60.  Mr.  Green  served  through  the  war 
in  the  Confederate  army  as  a  private  in  Stewart's  battery,  Louisiana 
light  artillery.  He  was  captured  at  Island  No.  10,  sent  to  Camp  Douglas, 
was  exchanged,  then  served  in  Vicksburg  during  the  siege  and  was  subse- 
quently under  Gererals  Johnston  and  Hood.  From  the  close  of  the  war 
until  1872  merchandising  in  Louisiana  was  his  occupation  and  for  the  three 
succeeding  years  he  held  a  clerkship  in  the  city  government  of  New  Orleans. 
In  September,  1879,  Mr.  Green  married  Mar)*  E.  Parker  of  Mason  City,  111. 
They  have  a  daughter.  He  is  now  a  farmer  and  raiser  of  fine  stock  at 
Middle  Grove,  Monroe  co..  Mo.,  having  resided  there  since  leaving  Louis- 
iana in  1875. 

237.  William  Hovvard  Thompson  came  from  Arcadia,  111.,  entered  the 
preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858  and  left  in  1859. 

238.  Edward  Billings  Lathrop,  b.  4  March,  1845,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  acquired  a  common  school  education,  became  a  student  in  the  prepara- 
torj'  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858  and  left  college  in  1863  at  the 
close  of  his  sophomore  year.  He  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  in 
Jacksonville  until  1867  and  then  took  a  position  as  assistant  cashier  in  a 
Chicago  bank,  holding  it  for  fourteen  years.  Upon  the  organization  of  the 
National  Bank  of  America,  Chicago,  in  1882,  Mr.  Lathrop  was  made  cashier, 
a  place  he  yet  holds.  In  December,  1866,  he  married  Sarah  Lombard  of 
Chicago,  who  died  in  August,  1S68.  He  was  married  a  second  time  to  Kate 
E.  Abbott  of  Geneva,  111.,  in  June,  1873. 

239.  George  Gridley  Wood,  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  185S  and  was  graduated  in  1S63  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  is 
deceased. 

240.  William  B.  Wetherbee,  b.  26  June,  1844,  at  Southwick,  Hampden 
CO.,  Mass.  In  the  autumn  of  1850  he  came  to  Illinois  where  his  parents 
settled  on  a  farm,  the  present  site  of  Chapin.  There  he  spent  a  few  years 
working  and  attending  the  district  schools.  In  1855  he  returned  to  Massa- 
chusetts, studied  a  year  in  a  private  school  at  Brookfield,  entered  the  pre- 
paratory' department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858,  and  remained  for  five  years. 
In  the  spring  of  1864  he  enlisted  in  the  compan}'  commanded  by  Professor 
Crampton  of  the  145th  Illinois  infantr)'  and  served  for  five  months.  After 
a  course  in  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  he  was  engaged  in  farming 
near  Chapin  until  1879.  In  February,  1872,  he  married  Mary  E.  Everett,  at 
Ansonia,  Conn.  In  1879  Mr.  Wetherbee  removed  to  Wayne  county.  Neb., 
and  for  a  time  was  engaged  in  sheep  raising.  Compiling  county  histories  in 
Wisconsin,  Iowa  and  Illinois  was  his  occupation  during  1882-85,  after  which 
he  went  to  Ness  City,  Kan.,  and  is  now  in  the  loan  and  real  estate  business. 

241.  William  Birch  Rapp  entered  Illinois  College  in  1858  from  Jack- 
sonville, 111.,  and  left  in  1859. 

242.  Charles  Voss  Decker,  b.  4  July,  1840,  at  Charleston,  Coles  co., 
111.    He  received  a  common  school  education  in  his  native  town  and  entered 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  65 

Illinois  College  in  1858.  After  leaving  in  1859  he  attended  Bartlett's  Com- 
mercial College,  Cincinnati,  O.,  one  year.  He  married  Belle  ].  McKinstry 
of  Charleston,  111.,  in  September,  1861.  In  1862  Mr.  Decker  was  made  a 
first  lieutenant  in  the  123d  Illinois  volunteers,  Wilder's  brigade  of  mounted 
infantry,  and  served  till  taken  sick  in  1S64.  He  was  with  his  regiment  in 
all  its  campaigns  and  battles  during  that  time,  through  Kentucky,  Tennessee 
and  Georgia,  beginning  with  the  battle  of  Perryville,  Ky.,  and  ending  his 
service  at  Atlanta.  Mr.  Decker  engaged  in  farming  in  1866-67,  then  in  the 
book  and  stationery  business  at  Charleston  till  1872,  when  he  moved  to 
Hutchinson,  Kan.,  and  went  into  the  grocery  business.  Remaining  there 
till  18S5,  he  spent  two  years  in  the  hardware  business  in  Springfield,  Mo., 
and  in  1887  removed  to  San  Diego,  Cal.  That  is  his  home,  though  he  is  at 
present  managing  real  estate  in  Kansas.     Mr.  Decker  has  one  son. 

243.  Adam  Miller,  b.  3  November,  1838,  at  Romne3^  Hampshire  co., 
W.  Va.  After  a  course  in  the  common  schools  he  entered  Illinois  College 
in  December,  1858,  and  left  in  March,  1859.  Since  1865  he  has  been  a  farmer 
and  stock  raiser.  Fannie  B.  Knowles  became  his  wife  at  Homer,  O.,  in 
November,  1864.  Mr.  Miller  now  lives  at  Mattoon,  111.  He  has  four  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

244.  David  Wallace  Thompson,  b.  9  October,  1839,  at  Payson,  Adams 
CO.,  111.  He  attended  the  Payson  high  school,  prepared  for  college 
under  a  private  tutor,  entered  in  1859  ^"d  was  graduated  in  1862  with  the 
valedictory  and  the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  delivered  the  Master's  oration  three 
years  later.  Mr.  Thompson  served  in  the  loth  Illinois  infantry  among  the 
first  three  months  troops.  His  health  was  impaired  by  exposure  in  military 
service  and  he  was  obliged  to  remain  at  home  an  invalid  until  1866,  then 
engaged  in  mercantile  business  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  until  1872.  Isabella  P. 
Faxon  of  Payson,  became  his  wife  in  June,  1865.  They  have  three  daugh- 
ters. During  1872-74  Mr.  Thompson  edited  the  "  Chicago  Artizan,"  and  for 
the  next  eight  years  traveled  for  a  Massachusetts  boot  and  shoe  firm  in 
which  he  has  an  interest.  He  has  invented  and  patented  the  following 
articles  :  continuous  facing  for  openings  in  backs  and  sleeves  of  shirts, 
improvement  in  electrical  commutors,  improvement  in  electrical  thermostat 
and  in  system  of  regulating  temperature  of  apartments  by  electricity. 

245.  Frederick  Augustus  Fox,  b.  29  July,  1840,  in  Alton,  111.  He 
attended  the  district  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1S58.  He  took  an  active  part  in  the  political  campaign  which 
resulted  in  Lincoln's  election.  Mr.  Fox  died  of  consumption  while  a  stud- 
ent, on  28  January,  1862.  He  was  an  attractive  and  promising  young  man 
and  an  active  worker  in  the  society.  He  was  corresponding  secretary  for 
two  years. 

246.  Frank  Leslie  Bristow,  b.  25  April,  1845,  at  Bethel,  Morgan  co., 
111.  After  passing  through  the  district  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  he 
entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1S59  ^"d  was  grad- 
uated in  1866  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  1876  he  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  M.A.  Mr.  Bristow  served  for  three  years  in  the  loisl  Illinois 
infantry.  He  was  on  the  march  to  the  sea  with  Sherman.  Since  graduation 
he  has  taught  music  in    the  following  institutions  :      Patterson   Institute, 

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66  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

Bourbon  county,  Ky. ;  Warsaw  Female  College,  Ky. ;  Tuscaloosa  Female 
College,  Ala.  ;  Arkansas  Female  College,  Little  Rock  ;  Alabama  Central 
Female  College,  Tuscaloosa  ;  Southwestern  University,  Georgetown,  Tex.  ; 
Plattsburg  College,  Mo.  ;  Millersburg  Female  College,  Ky.,  and  Los  Vegas 
Female  College,  N.  M.  He  has  also  given  private  instruction  in  Cincin- 
nati, O.,  Covington,  Ky.,  and  in  many  southern  cities  besides  serving  as 
organist  and  chorister  in  various  churches.  He  has  published  a  number  of 
musical  compositions.  In  1870  Mr.  Bristow  married  Linnie  Frank  of  Carroll 
county,  Ky.,  who  died  in  18S2  leaving  a  daughter.  In  18S7  Mr.  Bristow 
was  elected  president  of  the  Music  Teachers'  Association  of  Kentucky,  and 
in  1888  secretary  of  the  same.  In  the  same  year  he  was  chosen  musical 
director  of  the  Covington  public  schools,  a  position  which  he  yet  holds, 
having  under  his  charge  nearly  four  thousand  pupils. 

247.  George   Richard   Bibb  entered   Illinois  College  in  1S58  and  left  in 

1859- 

248.  Thomas  Monegan  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1S5S  from  Shipman,  111.,  and  left  in  1859. 

249.  Edward  James  Gillette,  b.  22  January,  1S40,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
In  that  city  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1858.  He  left  in  1859  and  has  since  been  a  farmer  with  the  exception  of 
two  years  in  the  ranch  business  in  Colorado.  His  marriage  to  Callie  Marr 
of  Springfield,  111.,  occurred  in  October,  1S67.  They  have  three  sons  and  a 
daughter. 

250.  George  Alexander  Dunlap,  b.  29  January,  1842,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  He  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858 
and  left  in  i860.  Mr.  Dunlap  was  appointed  second  lieutenant  in  com- 
pany D,  2d  Illinois  light  artillery  and  served  for  three  years.  He  fought  at 
Fort  Donaldson,  Shiloh,  Arkansas  Post,  Vicksburg,  and  took  part  in  the 
Red  River  expedition.  After  Fort  Donaldson  he  was  promoted  for  silenc- 
ing a  Confederate  battery.  Until  i866  he  was  a  druggist  in  Jacksonville, 
then  engaged  in  the  wholesale  grocer)'  business  in  Chicago  a  3'ear,  and  after 
that  went  to  Dubuque,  la.  Returning  to  Chicago  he  was  with  Wood  Bros, 
of  the  Union  Stock  Yards  for  twelve  years,  and  since  1886  has  been  manager 
of  the  Bell  Clothing  House.  Mr.  Dunlap's  marriage  to  Lucretia  S.  Gilliam, 
of  Jacksonville,  occurred  in  October,  1864.     They  have  one  son. 

251.  John  Henry  Mathewrs  entered  Illinois  College  from  Jacksonville, 
in  1858,  and  remained  a  year.     He  is  still  living  near  Jacksonville. 

252.  William  Henry  Smith  entered  Illinois  College  in  1858  from  Mor- 
gan county.  111.,  and  remained  a  year. 

253.  David  Crocket  Warner  entered  the  preparatorj'  department  of 
Illinois  College  in  1S5S  from  Jacksonville,  and  remained  a  year. 

254.  Lawrence  Vanderveer  Conover,  b.  12  October,  1S38,  in  Petersburg, 
111.  His  education  came  from  the  school  near  Tallula,  Menard  county, 
and  from  attendance  at  the  preparator}-  department  of  Illinois  College  part 
of  the  year  1857-58.  Until  1861  he  was  a  farmer  and  then  spent  four  years 
in  the  Pennsylvania  oil  regions.  In  1S65-68  he  was  a  miller  in  Jackson- 
ville, 111.,  and  has  since  farmed  in  Menard  county.  He  married  Helen 
Thompson  in  Januarj-,  1867,  and  has  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 


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255.  Daniel  Ellsworth  Robbins,  b.  7  December,  1843,  in  Payson,  Adams 
CO.,  111.  He  spent  the  year  1858-59  in  Illinois  College.  Mr.  Robbins 
served  in  the  7th  Illinois  cavalry  from  August,  1S62,  to  November,  1865. 
The  most  important  engagements  in  which  he  fought  were  the  battle  of 
Corinth,  Grierson's  raid,  sieges  of  Port  Hudson,  La.,  Columbia,  Franklin, 
and  Nashville,  Tenn.  During  the  last  year  he  held  the  rank  of  first  lieu- 
tenant and  regimental  commissary.  In  1S66  he  married  Annie  C.  Thomp- 
son of  Payson.  The)'  have  a  son  and  four  daughters.  Since  the  war  he 
has  engaged  in  farming  near  Payson.  He  is  a  deacon  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R.,  and  for  nine  years  has  been  a 
school  director. 

256.  Henry  Hopkins  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1858  from  Albion,  111.,  and  left  in  1859. 

257.  John  Heber  Cherry,  b.  15  July,  1838,  near  Scottville,  Macoupin 
CO.,  111.  He  attended  Berean  College,  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1856-57, 
and  in  the  latter  3'ear  entered  Illinois  College  as  a  freshman,  where  he 
remained  till  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year.  In  1860-61  he  studied  law 
with  Kebler  &  Force  of  Cincinnati,  and  during  the  first  year  of  the  war 
served  for  four  months  in  the  6th  Ohio  infantr3\  He  was  obliged  to  leave 
the  service  for  a  short  time  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  re-entered  service 
as  a  lieutenant  in  the  20th  regiment,  and  soon  resigned  but  enlisted  again 
in  the  14th  Illinois  infantry,  served  till  after  the  siege  of  Corinth,  was  out 
sick  for  a  while,  then  became  a  sergeant  in  the  I22d  regiment  of  which  he 
was  afterwards  quartermaster  sergeant,  and  in  April,  1863,  was  appointed 
captain  of  company  F,  55th  U.  S.  infantry  and  resigned  in  November,  1864, 
on  account  of  physical  disability.  Mr.  Cherry  practiced  law  in  Lincoln  and 
Springfield,  111.,  and  Memphis  Tenn.,  until  1871,  and  since  that  date  has 
practiced  in  Little  Rock,  Ark.  In  July,  1869,  he  married  Katie  V.  Jackson 
of  Springfield,  who  died  in  1880.  His  children  are  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 
Mr.  Cherry  has  always  been  an  ardent  advocate  of  the  "greenback"  or 
"fiat-money"  doctrine  on  the  stump  and  through  the  press.  He  has  also 
frequently  assumed  editorial  duties  in  the  absence  of  regular  editors. 

258.  Joseph  Ritz  Sparks  entered  Illinois  College  in  1858  from  Wyanet, 
111.,  and  left  in  1859. 

259.  Harrison  Osborne  Cassell,  b.  6  October,  1839,  in  Morgan  county, 
111.  He  was  a  student  for  some  time  in  Iowa  College,  Davenport,  la.,  and 
in  Berean  College,  Jacksonville,  111.  Entering  Illinois  College  in  1858  he 
was  graduated  in  iS6r  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  Phi  Alpha  Mr.  Cassell 
held  the  offices  of  treasurer  and  president.  From  September,  1862,  till 
February,  1863,  he  was  adjutant  of  the  lorst  Illinois  infantry.  In  1866  he 
was  graduated  from  the  Harvard  Law  School  and  has  since  practiced  in 
Jacksonville.  He  was  states  attorney  of  Morgan  county  during  1882-86. 
Mr.  Cassell  married  Maria  E.  Edgerton  in  December,  1866,  and  has  two 
daughters  and  a  son. 

260.  Lucius  Harris,  b.  19  July,  1840,  at  Albion,  Edwards  co..  111.  He 
attended  school  in  Bloomington,  Ind.,  in  1856,  and  Illinois  College  one 
year,  1858-59.  Mr.  Harris  was  orderly  sergeant  of  company  1,38th  Illinois 
infantry  for  nine  months  in  1861-62.     He  married  Constance  K.  Thompson 


68  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

of  Albion,  in  1865,  and  has  three  sons.  Until  1886  Mr.  Harris  engaged  in 
mercantile  business  in  Albion,  then  for  a  few  months  was  foreman  of  the 
"New  Era"  Printing  Company,  Springfield,  O.,  and  in  18SS  went  to  Cali- 
fornia, bought  land,  and  is  now  proprietor  of  a  raisin  farm  near  Oleander, 
Fresno  co. 

261.  George  Lovel  Morris,  b.  i  August,  1839,  at  Payson,  Adams  co., 
111.  He  spent  two  years  in  the  Payson  high  school  and  one  year,  1S58-59, 
in  Illinois  College.  He  obtained  a  medical  education  by  two  years  of  study 
in  the  Cincinnati  Medical  College  in  1860-62.  Dr.  Morris  acted  as  assist- 
ant surgeon  of  the  50th  Illinois  infantry  in  1362-63.  From  1866  he  practiced 
at  Fall  Creek,  Adams  co.,  and  was  there  married  in  June,  i860,  to  Mary 
E.  Beebee  who  became  the  mother  of  one  son.  Dr.  Morris  died  of  con- 
sumption at  his  home  in  February,  1879.  His  wife  survived  him  but  a  few 
years.  He  was  quite  successful  in  his  practice  and  had  the  reputation  of 
being  a  Christian  gentleman  honored  and  respected  by  all. 

262.  Alfred  Stewart,  b.  26  August,  1839,  at  Albion,  111.  He  attended 
Indiana  State  University,  Bloomington,  for  some  time  and  in  1858  entered 
the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College,  where  he  pursued  his  studies 
one  year.  Since  1864  Mr.  Stewart  has  been  a  dry  goods  merchant,  his  pres- 
ent place  of  business  being  Effingham,  111.  He  married  in  May,  1865,  and 
has  two  daughters  and  a  son. 

263.  Samuel  Taylor  Cherry  entered  Illinois  College  in  1858  from  Jack- 
sonville, and  remained  one  year. 

264.  George  Washington  Stipp,  b.  20  August,  1844,  at  Canton,  Fulton 
CO.,  111.  After  attending  Jubilee  College,  Peoria,  III.,  entered  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858  and  left  in  1859.  For 
three  years  he  was  commissary  sergeant  in  the  103d  Illinois  infantry.  In 
1865-66  he  attended  Eastman's  Business  College,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  He 
was  married  to  Florence  A.  Burgett  at  Lewiston,  111.,  in  1S73,  and  has  a 
family  of  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

265.  Henrie  Chambers,  b.  16  September,  1842,  in  Charleston,  111.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1858,  and  left  in  1859.  He  served  four  years  in 
the  Federal  army  as  a  sergeant  in  the  54th  Illinois  infantry.  Since  the  war 
he  has  been  a  farmer  near  his  native  place. 

266.  Howard  Wilson  Renshaw  entered  Illinois  College  in  1858  from 
St.  Louis  and  left  in   1S59. 

267.  Bourbon  B.  Vandeventer  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Illinois  College  in  1858  and  left  in  1S59.  He  engaged  in  farming  near  Ver- 
sailles, 111.,  until  his  death  on  17  March,  1886. 

268.  Edward  Payson  Taylor,  b.  in  January,  1832,  in  Armenia,  N.  Y. 
He  first  attended  a  college  in  Hudson,  O.,  then  entered  the  preparatory 
department  of  Illinois  College  in  1858  and  left  in  1861  to  attend  Union  Col- 
lege, Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1 862.  In  the  society  Mr. 
Taylor  was  recording  secretary  one  year.  Immediately  after  graduation  he 
was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the  2d  Arkansas  regiment.  He  was  soon 
made  division  quartermaster  and  as  such  served  on  the  staffs  of  Generals 
E.  A.  Carr,  A.  J.  Steele  and  Canby.  He  was  regarded  as  a  most  efficient 
quartermaster  and  went  through  many  hard  campaigns  in  Arkansas.     At 


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the  close  of  the  war  Mr.  Taylor  settled  in  St.  Louis,  practiced  law  a  short 
time  with  Major  Frank  Eno  and  afterwards  became  state  agent  for  the  St. 
Louis  Mutual  Life  insurance  company.  He  was  very  successful  and  held 
the  position  till  his  death.  In  June,  1874, he  married  Augusta  Eno  in  Nash- 
ville, Tenn.  Mr.  Taylor  always  took  great  interest  in  public  questions  and 
devoted  most  of  his  college  vacations  to  making  speeches  in  favor  of  the 
maintenance  of  the  Union.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  will  and  one  who  made 
many  friends.     He  died  on  11  July,  1874,  at  his  home  in  St.  Louis. 

269.  George  Brown  Vittum,  b.  14  April,  1835,  at  Canton,  Fulton  co., 
111.  He  attended  common  schools  and  Jubilee  College,  Peoria,  111.  Enter- 
ing Illinois  College  in  1858  he  left  in  1859.  Mr.  Vittum  next  attended  Knox 
College,  Galesburg,  111.,  in  1860-61.  He  served  during  the  war  as  corporal 
in  compan)'^  F,  67th  Illinois  infantry  and  sergeant  in  company  E,  I32d, 
Since  1865  Mr.  Vittum  has  been  a  merchant  in  Canton.  He  was  married  to 
Delia  A.  Bussell  of  Lewiston,  111.,  in  October,  1861,  and  has  had  four 
children. 

270.  Charles  Henry  Maple  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Ill- 
inois College  from  Canton,  111.,  in  1858,  and  remained  two  years, 

1859-60 

271.  William  Kellogg,  b.  3  September,  1S44,  in  Canton,  Fulton  co..  111. 
He  spent  a  few  years  in  the  public  schools  of  Canton  and  in  the  Jubilee 
College,  Peoria,  111.,  one  year,  1859-60,  in  the  preparatory  department  of 
Illinois  College,  then  two  3'ears  in  Columbia  College,  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  finished  his  education  in  a  three  years  course  at  West  Point  Academy. 
His  preparations  for  the  practice  of  law  were  made  b}^  studying  with  McCoy 
and  Stevens  of  Peoria.  He  was  there  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870.  In 
March,  1S71,  occurred  his  marriage  to  Abbie  Cassidey  of  Palatka,  Fla., 
where  he  had  settled.  They  have  two  daughters  and  a  son.  After  a  year 
Mr.  Kellogg  returned  to  Peoria  where  he  practiced  until  1880.  He  filled  the 
oflSce  of  states  attorney  for  Peoria  count)'  two  terms,  1872-80,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  second  went  to  Leadville,  Col.,  his  present  home.  In  1882  and  again 
in  1885  Mr.  Kellogg  was  elected  attorney  for  the  5th  district  of  Colorado 
and  in  1887  the  governor  appointed  him  judge  of  the  criminal  court,  Lake 
county.     His  term  will  expire  in  1891. 

272.  John  Walton  Brown,  b.  7  October,  1839,  at  Millersburg,  K}'.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  entering  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1859  was  graduated  in  1861  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  read  law 
with  Judge  Dummer  of  Jacksonville.  After  admission  to  the  bar  in  1864  he 
went  to  California,  practiced  law  and  for  several  years  was  judge  of  a 
county  court.  Returning  to  Kentucky  in  1869  he  was  a  professor  in 
Wesleyan  College,  Millersburg,  for  two  years.  About  this  period  he 
married  a  Miss  Mary  Wilson  of  Missouri.  The  daughter  born  to  them  is 
now  living  in  Chicago.  Mr.  Brown  moved  to  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  in  1872, 
and  resided  there  as  a  teacher  until  his  death  on  20  November,  1887.  He 
had  a  strong  mind,  was  possessed  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  as  a  speaker 
and  writer,  was  a  fine  conversationalist  and  always  made  many  friends 
wherever  he  went. 


70  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

273.  Thomas  O'Brien  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1S59  where  he  remained  a  year.  He  studied  medicine  and  prac- 
ticed in  Logan  county,  111.,  where  he  died  on  29  November,  1871. 

274.  Henry  Sage  Ingersoll  entered  Illinois  College  in  1859  from  Can- 
ton, 111.,  and  remained  a  year. 

275.  John  Beatty  entered  Illinois  College  from  Carrollton,  111.,  in  1859 
and  remained  a  }(ar. 

276.  Thomas  Clayton  Gillham  entered  the  preparatorj'  department  of 
Illinois  College  from  Edwardsville,  111.,  in  1859  and  remained  one  year. 

277.  Charles  D.  Swett,  b.  10  June,  1840,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  Public 
and  private  schools  were  the  sources  of  his  primary  education.  In  1859 
he  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  and  left  the  insti- 
tution in  1S64,  his  junior  college  year.  He  held  the  offices  of  treasurer  and 
recording  secretary  in  the  society.  Mr.  Swett  is  at  present  a  solicitor  of 
patents  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

278.  George  P.  Brahm,  b.  13  February,  1838,  in  Petersburg,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Virginia,  111.,  for  two  years  and  McKendree 
College,  Lebanon,  111.,  for  three  years,  then  in  1859  came  to  Illinois  Col- 
lege and  left  after  one  year.  The  twenty  years  immediately  following 
his  college  life  were  spent  in  the  dry  goods  business  in  Petersburg,  Mason 
City  and  Kenney,  111.  In  1885  he  sold  out  in  order  to  engage  in  the 
nursery  business.  Mr.  Brahm's  first  wife  was  Minnie  B.  Branson  of  Spring- 
field, 111.  Their  marriage  occurred  in  June,  1863,  and  she  having  died  in 
1872  he  married  Annie  E.  Howard  of  Kenney  in  1873.  By  his  first  marriage 
he  has  a  son  and  by  the  second  a  daughter.  He  is  now  living  in  Aurora, 
Neb. 

279.  William  T.  Alexander  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S59  and  re- 
mained a  year. 

280.  James  Edward  Turner,  b.  13  December,  1841,  in  Cass  county,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Virginia,  111.,  for  a  while  and  Illinois 
College  for  six  months  in  1859-60,  he  entered  Eminence  College,  Ky.,  in  Sep- 
tember, i860,  and  completed  the  course  there  in  the  spring  of  1862.  He  taught 
school  in  Princeton,  111.,  in  1S64-65,  for  the  succeeding  ten  years  engaged  in 
farming  in  Cass  county,  then  for  a  like  period  in  the  furniture  and  undertak- 
ing business  in  Virginia,  111.,  and  for  two  years  in  the  undertaking  business 
exclusively  at  Wyandotte,  Kan.  When  his  health  broke  down  he  gave  up 
that  occupation  and  has  since  been  in  the  printing  and  publication  business 
in  Kansas  City.  Mr.  Turner  married  Henrietta  Conover  of  Princeton,  Ill.> 
in  February,  1863.     They  have  three  daughters  and  two  sons. 

281.  St.  John  Van  Arman  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Illinois  College  in  1S59  from  St.  Louis  and  remained  two  years. 

282.  Robert  Preston  Goode  entered  the  preparatorj'  department  of 
Illinois  College  in  1859  from  Decatur,  111.,  and  remained  one  year. 

283.  William  Banks  Ayers,  b.  29  September.  1842,  at  Athens,  Menard 
CO.,  111.  His  district  school  education  prepared  him  for  entering  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1859,  where  he  remained  one  year. 
He  then  attended  for  one  year  a  college  in  Springfield,  111.  From  July  to 
November,  1862,  Mr.  Ayers  served  in  the   71st   Illinois  infantry.     In  1S68 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  71 

he  married  Mary  Riner  of  Havana,  111.,  and  in  1881  Emma  Maltby  of 
Athens.  He  has  three  children  living.  Since  1864  Mr.  Ayers  has  been  a 
farmer  and  grain  merchant  at  Athens. 

284.  Byron  Brenholt,  b.  in  1841  in  Springfield,  111.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Godfrey,  111.,  and  in  1859  entered  Illinois  College.  After 
leaving  college  in  1861  he  taught  school  for  three  terms  at  Brighton,  111.  In 
March,  1S76,  he  married  Emma  C.  Peters  of  Alton,  111.,  and  has  one  daugh- 
ter. Mr.  Brenholt  is  now  cashier  of  the  internal  revenue  office  in  Oraaha> 
Neb. 

285.  John  Jacob  Brenholt,  b.  14  October,  1845,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  After 
receiving  a  common  school  education  he  entered  the  preparatory  depart- 
ment of  Illinois  College  in  1859  and  was  graduated  in  1865  with  the  degree 
of  B.S.  During  his  last  3'ear  in  college  Mr.  Brenholt  was  recording  secre- 
tary of  the  society.  He  taught  school  for  two  years  in  Madison  and  Jersey 
counties,  111.,  read  law  with  Hon.  Levi  Davis  of  Alton,  111.,  studied  in  the 
Law  School  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar  in 
1868.  During  1869-75  he  practiced  in  Chicago  and  since  1875  in  Alton. 
He  was  a  colonel  on  the  staff  of  Governor  Cullom  in  1878-84.  During  1880 
and  1881  he  served  as  corporation  counselor  of  Alton.  Mr.  Brenholt  is  a 
married  man,  and  has  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

286.  Thomas  Audley  Wakely,  b.  19  October,  1842,  in  Newark,  Eng- 
land. He  came  to  Illinois  in  1848,  settled  in  Jacksonville  and  attended  the 
public  schools  from  1853  till  his  entrance  into  Illinois  College  in  1857.  In 
1862  he  left  college  without  graduation  but  received  the  degree  of  M.A.  in 
1884.  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  conferred  the  degree  of  M.D.  upon 
him  in  1868  and  he  was  at  once  appointed  resident  physician  of  St.  Luke's 
Hospital,  Chicago.  Dr.  Wakely  practiced  at  Sinclair,  111.,  in  1870-S3  being 
for  six  years  postmaster  of  the  place.  In  March,  1870,  he  was  married  to  L. 
Louisa  Ensminger  of  Jacksonville  and  has  two  daughters.  Removing  to 
Jacksonville  in  1885  Dr.  Wakely  was  county  physician  the  ensuing  year  and 
in  1888-89  ori6  of  the  board  of  surgeons  for  examining  pension  applicants. 

287.  Elisha  W.  Brown  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1859,  from  Jacksonville,  and  left  in  1861. 

288.  Job  Walker  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S59  and  left  in  i860. 

289.  Eli  Boise  Hamilton,  b.  11  May,  1844,  in  Terre  Haute,  Ind.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  in  i860 
entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1865  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 
In  the  society  Mr.  Hamilton  held  the  offices  of  recording  secretary  and 
president.  In  1864  he  joined  Professor  Crampton's  college  company,  and 
served  for  six  months  in  the  145th  Illiaois  infantry.  In  1865-66  he  read  law 
with  Judge  Harvey  D.  Scott  of  Terre  Haute  and  was  soon  after  admitted  to 
the  bar.  He  married  Ella  S.  Smith  of  Sycamore,  111.,  in  1867.  He  has 
practiced  law  and  engaged  in  real  estate  business  in  Terre  Haute  and 
Chicago.  At  present  he  is  in  the  hotel  business  in  Hutchinson,  Kan.  He 
has  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 

290.  Urban  Ewing  Robinson,  b.  14  August,  1837,  in  Ridge  Township, 
Jackson  co..  111.  He  attended  country  schools  and  spent  several  terms  in 
school  at  Carbondale,  111.     He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1859  and   left  in 


72  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY, 

i860.  Three  years  afterward  he  was  graduated  from  the  law  school  of 
Michigan  University.  The  following  year  he  was  elected  superintendent  of 
schools  in  Jackson  county  and  at  the  end  of  his  term  established  a  law  office 
in  M  urphysboro,  111.,  and  for  a  year  or  two  carried  on  mercantile  business.  In 
1867  he  married  a  Miss  Etherton.  His  health  failing,  Mr.  Robinson  went  to 
Caflon  City,  Col.,  where  he  died  in  April,  1873.  He  was  a  man  of  promi- 
nence and  much  respected.  When  in  good  healtii  he  enjoyed  the  largest 
law  practice  in  his  county.  Of  his  family,  a  son  and  daughter,  only  the  lat- 
ter survives.     The  mother  died  in  1881. 

1860-61 

291.  William  Henry  Dawson,  b.  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  became  a 
freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1S60  and  remained  one  year.  Mr.  Dawson 
is  now  married  and  is  engaged  as  a  blacksmith  in  Louisville,  Ky. 

292.  James  Retter  Mathews,  b.  17  April,  1843,  at  Exeter,  Scott  co..  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Exeter  and  Jacksonville,  he  entered 
Illinois  College  in  i860  and  left  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore  year.  In 
1862-69  he  was  engaged  in  farming.  For  the  next  eleven  years  he  followed 
the  livery  and  undertaking  business  in  Jacksonville.  Since  1880  Mr. 
Mathews  has  been  farming  near  Jacksonville. 

293.  Charles  Bernard  Dawson,  b.  at  Jacksonville,  111.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  place,  and  spent  one  year,  1860-61,  in  the 
preparator}'^  department  of  Illinois  College.  Mr.  Dawson  is  now  married, 
and  is  living  with  his  family  at  San  Andreas,  Cal.,  where  he  is  pursuing  his 
trade  of  blacksmithing. 

294.  William  Henry  Pilcher,  b.  19  August,  1841,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
After  attending  Borean  College,  Jacksonville,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in 
i860,  remaining  one  year.  The  following  year  he  taught  school  in  Cass  county, 
111.  In  1862  he  served  in  the  6Sth  Illinois  infantry  as  a  private,  and  in  1864 
as  fifth  sergeant  in  the  145th  Illinois  infantry.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he 
was  for  four  years  a  merchant  at  Newmanville,  111.  For  the  past  eighteen 
years  Mr.  Pilcher  has  been  in  business  at  Chandlerville,  111.,  in  the  firm  of 
J.  D.  Pilcher  and  Son.  In  18S2  he  was  candidate  for  county  clerk  on  the 
Greenback  ticket,  and  has  also  been  for  three  )'ears  president  of  the  village 
board  of  trustees.     Mr.  Pilchcr's  son  (see  No.  743)  joined  Phi  Alpha  in  1886. 

295.  Charles  Albert  Edgar,  whose  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  111., 
attended  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1860-61. 

296.  William  Boyce  Edgar,  b.  in  November,  1844,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
He  attended  the  grammar  schools  and  Washington  University  of  St.  Louis, 
and  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1S60.  On  the 
first  call  of  President  Lincoln  for  volunteers  he  was  mustered  into  service 
as  private  in  a  company  composed  entirely  of  Illinois  College  students,  but, 
being  a  minor,  was  soon  released  at  the  solicitation  of  his  father.  After  his 
release  he  attended  Wyman  City  University,  St.  Louis,  in  1864-66,  and  after- 
ward served  with  the  rank  of  captain  on  the  staff  of  E.  Anson  More,  quar- 
termaster general  state  of  Missouri,  being  stationed  at  St.  Louis.  Since 
1875  he  has  been   engaged  in   the  business  of  smelting  zinc  ores,  and   at 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  73 

present  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Motley  mining  company,  and  also 
of  the  Hamstead  zinc  and  lead  company.  He  is  also  engaged  in  the 
counting  rooms  of  the  Glendale  zinc  works  of  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Edgar  was 
married  in  1867  to  Miss  Bettie  Hopkins  of  St.  Louis,  and  has  a  family  of 
several  children, 

297.  Aquilla  H.  Sims,  b.  18  September,  1839,  in  Morgan  county,  111.  After 
studying  at  Berean  College,  Jacksonville,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in 
i860,  remaining  one  year.  He  taught  school  for  a  short  time  and  then 
entered  the  ministry  of  the  Christian  church,  and  built  up  churches  at 
Litchfield  and  Ouincy,  111.  After  laboring  for  three  years  in  Ouincy,  failing 
health  compelled  him  to  resign  his  pastorate.  Returning  to  the  home  of  his 
parents  he  died  of  consumption  in  Jacksonville  on  26  June,  1866.  Mr. 
Sims  was  a  fine  natural  speaker  and  this  ability  taken  with  his  great  earnest- 
ness as  a  Christian  gave  him  a  remarkable  character. 

298.  Peter  Lisle  Harrison,  b.  4  May,  1843,  in  Sangamon  county.  111.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1861  and  remained  one  year.  In  1862  Mr.  Har- 
rison was  orderly  of  the  14th  U.  S.  Regulars.  In  1862-87  he  engaged  in 
farming  in  Sangamon  county,  and  then  he  removed  to  Clinton,  Mo.  In  1888 
he  died  in  Jacksonville,  111. 

299.  Charles  Edwin  Jackson,  b.  2  Nov.,  1845,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  previous  to  entering  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  i86o.  He  completed  the  fresh- 
man year  in  college  and  then  in  1862  removed  to  Clarion,  Wright  co.,  la., 
where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming. 

300.  Brice  Innis  Sterrett,  b.  9  August,  1844,  in  Cumberland  county. 
Pa.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Carlisle,  Cumberland  co.,  in  1850-57, 
and  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1S60.  He 
left  in  1861,  and  entered  Dickinson  College,  at  Carlisle,  Pa.,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1867  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  studied  law  at  Carlisle,  Pa., 
and  also  with  Judge  Charles  Emerson  at  Decatur,  Macon  co.,  111.  He  also 
taught  in  the  common  schools  of  Macon  county  two  terms.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  the  supreme  court  of  Illinois  in  1868,  and  since  that 
time  has  practiced  law  in  Decatur.  Mr.  Sterrett  was  married  in  1879  to 
Clarissa  Cline  of  Lewisberg,  York  co.,  Pa.,  and  has  one  daughter. 

301.  James  William  Dodds  came  from  Chatham,  Sangamon  co..  111., 
entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  i860,  and  remained  one 
)'ear. 

302.  Clark  Northrop  Andrus  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  i860.     His  home  was  then  at  Havana,  111.     Mr.  Andrus  is  deceased. 

303.  Matthew  Patton,  b.  22  August,  1841,  near  Auburn,  Sangamon  co., 
111.  After  attending  the  common  schools  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of 
Illinois  College  in  i860  and  remained  two  years.  Upon  leaving  college  he 
engaged  for  several  years  in  the  mercantile  and  lumber  business,  and  sub- 
sequently took  up  farming  and  the  shipping  of  live  stock  at  Virden,  Ma- 
coupin Co.,  III.  He  removed  to  Chicago  in  1888,  where  he  has  since  been 
in  the  commission  business  on  the  board  of  trade.  Mr.  Patton  was  married 
in  1876  to  Barbara  Ranch,  near  Virden,  111.,  and  has  one  daughter  and 
three  sons. 


74  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

304.  Andrew  Wilson,  b.  i  October,  1839,  ^^  Lithopolis,  Fairfield  co., 
Ohio.  He  prepared  for  college  in  the  Lithopolis  Academ)'.  He  removed 
to  Illinois  in  1858  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  i860,  remaining  but  one 
year.  In  1864  he  went  to  Savannah,  Mo.,  where  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
stock  raising.  In  1867  he  removed  to  Shawnee  count)-,  Kan.,  where  he  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  farmers  and  stock  dealers.  Mr.  Wilson  died  on  25 
January,  1S85,  at  Topeka,  Kansas. 

305.  James  Polk  Willard,  b.  8  May,  1S44,  in  Morgan  county.  111.  After 
attending  the  Jacksonville  public  schools,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1S60  and  remained  one  year.  In  1863-67  he  attended  a  medical  college  in 
St.  Louis,  from  which  he  was  graduated.  Since  1868  he  has  been  practicing 
in  Jacksonville.  In  1868  he  was  married  at  Jacksonville  to  Lydia  Larimore 
and  is  the  father  of  two  daughters.  Dr.  Willard  has  held  several  city  offices, 
having  been  mayor  of  Jacksonville  in  1S87-89. 

306.  William  Henry  Harrison  Larimore,  b.  25  November,  1840,  near 
Jacksonville,  111.  After  attending  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  he  en- 
tered Illinois  College  in  1S61.  In  1862  he  enlisted  in  the  loist  Illinois 
infantry,  holding  the  position  of  sergeant.  In  1S63  he  was  taken  prisoner 
at  Holly  Springs,  Miss.  He  marched  with  Sherman  to  the  sea.  Since  the 
war  Mr.  Larimore  has  been  engaged  in  the  business  of  real  estate  and 
building  at  Girard,  Kansas. 

307.  John  Silvers  Laning,  b.  16  April,  1S37,  at  Petersburg,  111.  He 
entered  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  in  1859  and  Illinois  College  in 
1861.     Mr.  Laning  died  at  Petersburg  on  8  January,  1862. 

308.  Robert  Alexander  Halbert,  b.  9  February,  iS4i,in  St.  Clair  county, 
111.  In  1S57-61  he  attended  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.  In  1861  he 
entered  the  senior  class  of  Illinois  College,  and  was  graduated  the  same 
year.  The  following  winter  he  engaged  in  teaching  in  St.  Clair  county.  111. 
In  1862  he  entered  the  army  as  captain  of  company  H,  117th  Illinois  infantry 
and  served  three  years.  After  the  war  he  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Judge 
W.  H.  Underwood,  Belleville,  111.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1866.  In 
1868-72  he  was  states  attorney  for  the  judicial  district  of  Bond,  Madison, 
and  St.  Clair  counties,  serving  for  four  years.  He  was  the  Republican  can- 
didate for  state  senator  for  St.  Clair  county  in  1882.  Mr.  Halbert  has  prac- 
ticed in  the  state,  federal,  and  supreme  courts.  He  has  been  prominent  in 
politics  and  in  1884  was  a  delegate  to  the  national  republican  convention. 
He  is  now  residing  at  Belleville,  111. 

309.  Caleb  Barrett  Laning,  b.  25  July,  1839,  at  Petersburg,  111.  In 
1856-57  he  attended  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1861.  Leaving  college  at  the  close  of  his  junior  year,  he  went  to 
California,  where  he  engaged  in  1862-63  in  teaching.  In  1867  he  went  into 
business  in  Petersburg  and  has  held  an  interest  in  the  Petersburg  coal 
mines.  Since  1885  Mr.  Laning  has  been  president  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Petersburg. 

310.  William  Emory  Vogdes  Veitch,  b.  2  November,  1844,  near  Pitts- 
burg, Penn.  He  removed  to  Jacksonville  in  1853  and  prepared  for  college 
in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools.  In  1S60  he  entered  Illinois  College  and 
in  January,  1S63,  he  left  college  while  in  the  middle  of  his  senior  year,  to- 
gether with  all  the  other  members  of  the  class.     He  held  for  one  term  in 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  75 

Phi  Alpha  the  ofEce  of  recording  secretary.  In  1S65  he  was  in  the  dry 
goods  store  of  W.  C.  Woodman  and  in  May  of  the  same  year  he  entered 
the  bank  of  W.  and  E.  W.  Brown,  which  is  now  known  as  the  Central 
Illinois  Banking  and  Savings  Association.  Mr.  Veitch  has  held  the  position 
of  book-keeper  and  teller  and  since  July,  1874,  has  been  cashier.  He  has 
been  a  candidate  for  several  important  municipal  offices.  In  Y.  M.  C.  A, 
and  Sunday  school  work  he  has  been  very  prominent.  Mr.  Veitch  was 
married  on  27  April,  1S82,  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  to  Hattie  D.  Nevius. 

311.  Henry  Lee  Hatch,  b.  4  February,  1844,  at  Harrodsburg,  Ky.  In 
1855,  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Keokuk,  Iowa.  After  attending  the 
public  and  private  schools  of  Keokuk,  he  came  to  Jacksonville  in  i860  and 
entered  Illinois  College  in  the  same  year.  He  was  a  student  at  Rush  Med- 
ical College,  Chicago,  until  it  was  burned  in  the  great  fire  of  1871,  when  he 
attended  the  Missouri  Medical  College,  St.  Louis,  being  graduated  in  1873. 
Dr.  Hatch  has  been  connected  with  a  drug  store  since  1862,  at  first  being 
associated  with  his  father  and  since  1873  being  sole  proprietor. 

312.  Cyrus  Buckman  Bates,  b.  5  November,  1842,  in  Sangamon  county, 
111.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  i860.  In  1862  he  held  the  office  of  presi- 
dent in  the  society.  In  January,  1863,  he  left  college  with  the  other  members 
of  the  class,  and  went  to  Indiana  University,  Bloomington,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  the  same  year.  Mr.  Bates  commenced  the  study  of  law,  and 
continued  it  until  his  death,  on  13  July,  1865.  He  was  of  a  quiet  but  reso- 
lute disposition,  and  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  most  popular  students 
of  his  day. 

313.  William  E.  Spears,  b.  21  February,  1842,  at  Petersburg,  111.  After 
attending  the  District  schools  of  Menard  county,  he  entered  Illinois  College 
in  the  spring  of  1861.  After  a  few  months  he  left  college  and  attended  Rut- 
ledge  and  Davidson's  Commercial  College  at  Springfield,  111.  In  1862  he 
enlisted  in  the  114th  Illinois  infantry  and  served  three  years.  In  1864  he 
was  a  prisoner  of  war,  being  part  of  the  time  at  Andersonville  and  the  rest 
of  the  time  at  Mobile.  In  1869  he  went  to  Kansas  and  engaged  in  the 
liver}'  business  until  1871.  Since  that  year  he  has  been  farming  near  Rich- 
mond, Kan.  Mr.  Spears  has  held  the  offices  of  town  clerk,  trustee,  and 
justice  of  the  peace.     In  1880  he  was  appointed  U.  S.  census  examiner. 

1861-62 

314.  William  Henry  Barnes,  b.  14  May,  1843,  at  Hampton,  Conn. 
At  an  early  age  he  removed  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  entered  the  freshman 
class  of  Illinois  College  in  1861.  He  was  librarian  and  vice-president  of 
the  society.  At  the  end  of  the  junior  year  he  left  college,  and  the  following 
September  he  entered  the  senior  class  of  Michigan  University  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1865  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  1865-66  he  taught  school  in 
Morgan  county,  pursuing  at  the  same  time  the  study  of  law.  He  afterwards 
studied  with  Hon.  William  Brown  of  Jacksonville,  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  1866  and  practiced  in  Jacksonville.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Illinois 
Legislature  in  1871-72  and  in  1885-89  was  associate  justice  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Arizona.  Mr.  Barnes  is  now  practicing  his  profession  in  Tucson, 
Arizona. 


76  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

315.  Charles  Rufus  Perkins,  b.  9  September.  1842,  at  Petersburg,  111. 
In  1861  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  remained  two  years.  He  held  the 
ofBce  of  vice-president  of  the  society.  After  leaving  college  he  taught 
school  in  Menard  and  Sangamon  counties.  Mr.  Perkins  is  now  engaged  in 
farming  near  Woodside,  Sangamon  co.,  111. 

316.  James  Alexander  Brown,  b.  at  Millcrsburg,  Ky.  He  removed  with 
his  parents  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Illinois 
College  in  1861.  He  was  made  president  of  Phi  Alpha  in  1S63,  to  fill  a 
vacancy,  and  was  elected  for  the  full  term  of  1863-64.  He  was  graduated 
in  1864  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  subsequently  received  the  master's 
degree.  In  1864  he  entered  the  army  and  served  as  sergeant  major  of  the 
167th  Illinois  infantry.  After  studying  law  with  Hon.  William  Brown  of 
Jacksonville,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  never  practiced.  He  was  can- 
didate for  judge  of  Mason  county,  111.,  in  1S67.  In  1865  he  began  teaching 
and  was  engaged  in  the  Havana  high  school  in  1865-67,  in  the  Millersburg, 
(Ky.)  Female  College  in  1868-69,  in  the  Harrison,  (Ky.)  Female  College  in 
1870-85,  and  in  18S5-90  at  the  Wheeling,  (W.  Va.),  Female  College,  although 
retaining  ownership  of  the  Harrison  institution.  Mr.  Brown  is  now  in  charge 
of  a  Female  College  in  Cynthiana,  Ky. 

317.  John  Storrs  Lyman,  b.  31  July,  1841,  at  Farmingdale,  Sangamon 
CO.,  111.  He  received  his  preparatory  education  at  the  Waverly  Academy  and 
at  the  Springfield  (111.)  high  school.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1861 
and  left  the  next  year  to  enter  the  army.  He  enlisted  in  company  G  of  the 
loist  Illinois  infantry  and  served  until  the  close  of  the  war,  being  first  cor- 
poral and  afterwards  sergeant  of  the  company.  Since  1865  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  farming  at  Farmingdale.  Mr.  Lyman  was  married  at  Farming- 
dale  on  13  September,  1870  to  Mary  C.  Happer.  Of  his  three  children, 
Edward  H.  (see  No.  763)  is  now  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College. 

318.  Richard  L.  Mathews,  b.  2  March,  1843,  in  Morgan  county.  111.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  he  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1861  and  remained  one  year.  In  1868  he  attended  Roher's  Commercial  Col- 
lege, St.  Louis.  Since  then  Mr.  Mathews  has  been  engaged  in  farming  near 
Orleans,  111. 

319.  Robert  Brown,  b.  at  Boonville,  Mo.  After  attending  Kemper  Hall 
at  Boonville,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1861  and  remained  one  year. 
He  studied  law  with  chief  justice  Adams  of  the  Missouri  supreme  court, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Jefferson  Cit,v,  Mo.  and  at  Springfield,  111. 
He  died  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  after  a  protracted  illness. 

320.  James  B.  Newman,  b.  2  November,  1S42,  at  Upper  Alton,  111. 
After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  ShurtlefT  College,  Alton,  and 
remained  until  the  end  of  the  junior  year.  In  1861  he  entered  Illinois 
College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1862,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A.  and 
delivering  the  salutatory.  Three  years  later  he  received  the  degree  of  M.A. 
In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  for  a  time  the  office  of  recording  secretar)-.  In  1862  he 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army  and  remained  until  the  close  of  the  war,  having 
attained  the  rank  of  adjutant.  He  entered  the  law  school  of  Michigan  Uni- 
versity in  1865,  but  did  not  live  to  complete  the  course.  He  died  at  his 
home  in  Upper  Alton  on  26  August,  1866.     As  a  soldier  Mr.  Newman  was 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  77 

noted  for  his  honorable  and  exemplary  conduct  and  although  a  talented  man, 
he  was  modest  and  unassuming. 

321.  Edward  lies,  b.  i  October,  1842,  at  Springfield,  111.  He  attended 
the  common  schools  in  his  native  city  in  1850-59,  and  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  i860.  He  left  college  the  next  year  and  engaged  in  farming  and  the 
breeding  of  short  horn  cattle  at  Springfield,  111.,  which  business  he  continued 
until  1S80.  He  farmed  in  Cowley  county  until  1885,  when  he  moved  to 
Florida  and  remained  until  188S.  He  then  returned  to  Springfield,  111., 
where  he  now  resides.  Mr.  lies  was  married  in  1878  to  Miss  H.  Rathburn, 
of  Springfield,  and  has  two  sons. 

322.  Owen  Gibson  Long,  b.  3  March,  1845.  After  a  common  school 
education  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1861.  In  1861-62  he  taught  a 
school  near  Franklin  and  in  1863  he  entered  the  civil  service  of  the  govern- 
ment. He  commenced  the  study  of  law  in  1866,  while  at  the  same  time 
holding  a  position  in  the  custom  house  at  New  Orleans.  He  completed  his 
studies  in  the  office  of  Alexander  Robinson  at  Jacksonville,  111.  In  1868 
he  was  admittted  to  the  bar  b)'  the  supreme  court  of  Illinois  and  again 
entered  the  custom  house  at  New  Orleans,  remaining  there  until  1870.  In 
1871  he  removed  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law. 
On  7  May,  1872,  he  was  married  to  Miss  Nannie  Pitcher  of  Independence, 
Mo.  In  1873  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  municipal  court  of  Kansas  City 
and  served  two  years.  He  was  also  a  candidate  for  prosecuting  attorney  of 
Jackson  county  in  1876.     Since  1871  Mr.  Long  has  resided  in  Kansas  City. 

323.  William  A.  Rogers,  b.  11  October,  1845,  at  Charleston,  Ind.  He 
removed  to  Scott  county.,  la.,  and  after  a  common  school  education  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1861.  Leaving  college  in  1862  he  went  to  Michigan 
University  and  completed  his  junior  year.  He  was  for  some  time  in  the 
army,  being  orderly  sergeant  in  company  C,  14th  Iowa  regiment.  Since  1871 
Mr.  Rogers  has  been  dealing  in  live  stock  in  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

324.  Marcus  Hook,  b.  29  August,  1844,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  After  being 
in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  for  some  years,  he  entered  Illinois 
College  in  September,  1861,  and  remained  one  year.  From  1857,  while  at 
the  same  time  carrying  on  his  studies,  he  was  salesman  in  a  drug  store, 
which  business  he  continued  till  1866.  He  then  became  book-keeper  in  the 
bank  of  M.  P.  Ayers  and  company,  of  Jacksonville  and  later  was  made 
teller,  holding  this  position  until  1886.  For  six  years  of  this  time  Mr. 
Hook  was  also  deputy  collector  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  internal 
revenue  department.  In  1887  he  was  appointed  auditor  of  the  Jacksonville 
Southeastern  railway  system  which  office  he  now  holds,  his  residence  being 
in  Jacksonville.  In  1870  Mr.  Hook  married  Martha  Goltra  of  Jacksonville 
and  has  become  the  father  of  two  daughters  and  one  son. 

325.  Ossian  Reuben  Ross,  b.  16  January,  1845,  at  Lewistown,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Lewistown  and  Fulton  Seminary,  and  entered 
Illinois  College  in  January,  1862.  In  1862-63  he  attended  Michigan  Uni- 
versity, and  had  entered  upon  the  second  year  of  his  studies  at  the  time  of 
his  death,  which  occurred  at  Ann  Arbor,  19  October,  1863.  He  was  a  stu- 
dent of  unusual  industry  and  ambition  and  a  young  man  of  rare  promise. 

326.  Robert  Newton  Strong  Barger,  b.  19  March,  1S42,  at  Pulaski,  111. 


78  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  and  studied  in  Wesleyan  University, 
Bloominjiton,  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  1861.  He  left  college  in 
1862  and  served  three  years  in  the  Federal  army  as  private  in  the  73d 
Illinois  volunteer  infantry  and  as  hospital  steward.  In  1866-68  he  attended 
Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago  and  was  graduated.  He  has  since  prac- 
ticed medicine  at  Minier  and  Hopedale,  Tazwell  co.,  III.  In  1870  he 
married  Martha  S.  Poe,  of  Minier,  and  has  had  one  son,  who  is  now  dead. 
Mr.  Baiger  was  delegate  to  the  International  Medical  Congress  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  in  1888. 

327.  Nathan  Hale  Barnes,  b.  in  Windham  county,  Conn.,  on  12  July, 
1845.  He  attended  various  public  and  private  schools  in  New  England  and 
Illinois  previous  to  1861,  when  he  entered  Illinois  College,  remaining  two 
years.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  librarian  and  treasurer.  He  was 
appointed  a  midshipman  in  the  U.  S.  navy  in  July  in  1863,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Naval  Academy,  Annapolis  in  i868.  Shortly  after  his  gradu- 
ation he  was  married  to  Lizzie  A.  Porter  of  East  Hartford,  Conn.  They 
have  had  five  children,  but  only  two  daughters  are  now  living.  He  was 
commissioned  an  ensign  in  1869;  master,  in  1870;  and  lieutenant,  in  1872. 
Since  his  graduation  he  has  performed  the  various  duties  required  of  naval 
officers.  He  has  gone  around  the  world  twice,  having  touched  at  nearl)' 
every  known  sea-port  and  having  been  in  charge  of  the  training  ships  and 
under  instruction  at  the  torpedo  stations  and  navy  yards.  In  1884-86  he 
was  detailed  as  instructor  in  higher  mathematics  and  physics  at  Illinois 
College,  and  received  from  thar  institution  in  1886  the  degree  of  Ph.D. 
Lieut.  Barnes  is  now  with  the  training  ship  "New  Hampshire,"  at  New- 
port, R.  I. 

328.  J.  H,  Walker,  b.  20  August,  1841.  in  Morgan  county.  111.  He 
attended  the  county  public  schools  and  spent  the  year  of  1861-62  in  Illinois 
College. 

329.  Robert  Kerr,  b.  near  Jacksonville,  111.  He  entered  Illinois  College 
in  i86i  and  remained  one  year.  He  then  went  to  Nokomis,  Montgomery 
CO.,  111.,  and  engaged  in  farming  with  his  father.  About  twelve  years  ago 
he  removed  to  southern  Kansas  and  entered  upon  stock-raising.  He  is 
now  deceased. 

1S62-63 

330.  Edward  Joseph  King,  b.  14  June,  1847,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  After 
receiving  a  common  school  education,  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1S62, 
and  Illinois  College  the  following  year  with  the  class  of  '66.  In  1865,  after 
completing  the  junior  year,  he  attended  the  Philadelphia  Polytechnic  Insti- 
tute. Returning  to  Jacksonville  he  engaged  in  the  oyster  business  until 
1873,  when  he  became  secretary'  and  treasurer  of  the  gas  light  and  coke 
company.  He  was  married  lo  June,  1873,  to  Ida  V.  Sawvcr,  of  Jackson- 
ville. From  this  time  on  he  was  closely  identified  with  the  interest  of  the 
gas  works,  in  the  management  of  which  he  succeeded  his  father  as  superin- 
tendent in  1885.  He  succeeded  in  establishing  an  electric  light  plant  to  be 
operated  in  conjunction  with  the  gas  works.     With  his  father  he  was  among 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  79 

the  first  in  originating  and  carrying  into  effect  the  combination  of  gas  and 
electric  lighting.  He  was  also  instrumental  in  starting  the  telephone 
exchange.  In  the  midst  of  his  professional  labors,  he  died  on  28  October, 
1889,  leaving  a  wife  and  four  children.  Mr.  King  was  an  electrician  of 
eminence,  being  held  bj'  the  gas  and  electric  fraternities  of  America  as  a 
practical  and  progressive  electrician  of  the  first  rank.  His  papers  relating 
to  gas  and  electric  lighting  were  copied  both  in  America  and  in  Europe. 
Mr.  King  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Western  Gas  Association  and 
president  of  the  same  at  the  time  of  his  death.  As  a  man  he  was  noted  par- 
ticularly for  his  generous  and  unselfish  disposition  and  remarkable  public 
spirit. 

331.  Thomas  Jefferson  Allen,  b.  28  December,  1S41,  in  Jefferson  county, 
111.  After  attending  the  common  schools  in  that  county  and  the  Mt.  Vernon 
high  school,  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1862.  Leav- 
ing college  the  next  year  he  engaged  in  farming  until  1870.  In  1870-79  he 
was  engaged  in  the  cattle  business  in  Texas  and  the  territories.  During  the 
following  nine  years  he  was  a  government  contractor  and  also  a  breeder  of 
fine  stock  near  Kansas  City.  In  1888  Mr.  Allen  was  married  to  Mary  L. 
Adkins  of  Kansas  Cit)%  bji-  whom  he  has  had  one  son.  The  next  year  he 
spent  in  Europe,  and  on  his  return  became  live-stock  agent  of  the  Missouri, 
Kansas  and  Texas  railway,  which  position  he  now  holds,  his  home  being  at 
Parsons,  Labette  co.,  Kan. 

332.  Seth  Robinson,  b.  in  1845,  in  Menard  county.  111.  After  attending 
the  public  schools  of  Chandlerville,  111.,  and  the  University  at  Bloomington, 
Ind.,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1862,  where  he  remained  two  years.  The 
year  1865-66  he  spent  in  the  study  of  law  at  Michigan  Universit)^  In  1867 
he  taught  school  at  Lincoln,  111.,  and  the  same  year  was  married  to  Miss 
Jennie  Dustin.  They  had  three  children,  one  of  whom  is  W.  D.  Robinson, 
(see  No.  735).  In  1868  Mr.  Robinson  was  elected  attorney  general  of 
Nebraska.  From  then  until  1873  he  practiced  in  Lincoln,  Neb.  In  the 
latter  year  he  removed  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  died  on  16  September, 
1878.  Mr.  Robinson  was  noted  in  college  for  his  love  of  study  and  fond- 
ness of  the  poets.  In  his  profession  he  was  a  tireless  worker  and  by  his 
energy  had  acquired  an  immense  practice  in  San  Francisco.  He  was  shrewd 
in  argument,  but  an  unbending  regard  for  truth  kept  him  from  trickery. 

333.  James  Mumper  Terry,  b.  20  August,  1846,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  receiving  a  common  school  education  he  entered  Whipple  Academy 
in  1863,  and  remained  one  year.  Since  1869  he  has  been  engaged  in  farm- 
ing in  Morgan  and  Scott  counties,  111.,  with  the  exception  of  the  years  1869 
and  1872,  which  he  spent  on  a  farm  in  Cass  county,  la.  From  February, 
1864,  to  July,  1865,  he  served  as  a  private  in  company  B,  loth  Illinois  volun- 
teer infantr)'.  On  19  January,  1865,  he  was  married  to  Mary  E.  Ayers,  and 
is  the  father  of  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  now  living.  His  son  Wood- 
ard  S.  (see  No.  769),  joined  the  Phi  Alpha  in  1889.  Mr.  Terry  is  now  farm- 
ing near  Chapin,  Morgan  co.,  111. 

334.  Louis  Henry  Jackson,  b.  23  September,  1846,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  city  public  schools  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  in 
September,  1862,  and  remained  one  year.     He  attended  tlic  state  University 


8o  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

of  Iowa,  Iowa  City,  in  1864-66,  and  studied  law  with  Fairall  and  Boal,  Iowa 
City  in  1866-67.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Iowa  City,  in  1867,  where 
he  practiced  in  partnership  with  Geo.  J.  Boa!  until  1888,  when  he  removed 
to  Colorado  where  he  became  attorney  for  various  mining  and  irrigation 
corporations.  He  is  secretary  of  the  Pecos  Irrigation  and  Investment  com- 
pany, also  for  the  Hagerman  Irrigation  and  Land  company.  Mr.  Jackson 
was  married  to  Virginia  V.  McCrary  and  has  two  children.  He  is  now 
living  at  Colorado  Springs,  Col. 

335.  Horace  Robert  Littlefield,  b.  18  February,  1846,  at  Quincy,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Beardstown,  111.,  he  entered  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1862,  and  remained  one  year.  In 
1863  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine  under  his  father.  Dr.  H.  H.  Little- 
field,  at  Beardstown,  and  the  following  winter  attended  a  course  of  lectures 
at  the  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago.  In  February,  1S64,  Mr.  Littlefield 
entered  the  army  in  the  145th  Illinois  infantry  and  served  as  assistant  sur- 
geon until  the  discharge  of  the  regiment  in  the  following  fall.  He  then 
attended  college  another  year  and  subsequently  received  a  degree  from  Rush 
Medical  College.  On  27  June,  1886,  he  married  Anna  E.  Kerwin,  of 
Chicago,  and  removed  to  Lafayette,  Oregon,  where  he  has  since  made  his 
home.  In  1880-88  he  was  surgeon-chief  of  the  Pacific  coast  division  of  the 
Northern  Pacific  Railway,  and  also  of  the  Oregon  Railway  and  Navigation 
company.  At  the  completion  of  these  roads  he  resigned  and  retired  from 
practice.  Afterward  he  accepted  the  position  of  surgeon  under  the  same 
companies,  which  are  now  building  through  the  rich  mining  district  of  the 
Coeur  dc  Leon  mountains. 

336.  John  Andrew  Green,  b.  14  March,  1847,  at  Quincy,  111.  He  finished 
the  course  of  the  Quincy  high  school  in  June,  1862,  and  the  following  fall 
entered  Illinois  College,  where  he  remained  one  year.  In  1863  he  entered 
Union  College,  New  York,  and  was  graduated  in  1S66  with  the  degree,  B.A. 
He  died  in  Quincy,  16  January,  1867.  As  a  man,  Mr.  Green  was  bright  and 
popular  and  had  an  abundance  of  good  fellowship.  He  was  also  noted 
for  his  honorable  and  honest  character. 

337.  Almeron  Wheat  came  from  Quincy,  111.,  and  entered  the  freshman 
class  of  Illinois  College  in  1863,  remaining  one  year. 

338.  Neil  Cameron  Hardin,  b.  4  Februar)',  1846,  at  Louisiana,  Mo.  He 
studied  in  public  and  private  schools  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  Septem- 
ber, 1863.  He  held  the  office  of  corresponding  secretary  in  the  society.  At 
the  end  of  his  sophomore  year  he  left  college  and  entered  the  junior  class 
of  Michigan  University,  Ann  Arbor,  remaining  one  year.  In  1865  he  attended 
the  law  school  of  Ann  Arbor  and  in  1S66  he  entered  the  law  school  of  Har- 
vard University,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1867.  In  186S  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  by  the  Hon.  T.  J.  C.  Fagg,  '42.  In  1S69  he  was  elected 
city  attorney  of  Louisiana  and  after  serving  one  year  became  a  member  of 
the  Missouri  legislature  and  held  that  otTice  for  two  years.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  constitutional  convention  of  1875,  which  framed  the  new  constitu- 
tion of  Missouri.  Since  1875  Mr.  Hardin  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
law  at  Louisiana,  Mo.  He  was  married  in  1873  to  Etta  McMackin  by  whom 
he  has  two  sons. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  8l 

339.  John  Darius  Small,  b.  10  July,  1846,  at  Findlay,  Ohio.  In  1851  he 
removed  to  Wilmington,  111.,  where  he  attended  school,  before  entering 
Illinois  College  in  1S62.  He  left  Illinois  College  the  next  year  and  spent 
one  year  in  the  Notre  Dame  (Ind.)  University.  In  1S65-79  he  followed  the 
mercantile  business,  and  since  1879  he  has  been  interested  in  the  cattle 
business  in  Kansas.  Since  1887  he  has  been  cashier  of  the  American  Bank 
of  North  Topeka,  Kan.  He  was  married  in  i868  to  Laura  Phelps  of  Bloom- 
ington,  111.,  and  has  two  sons  and  two  daughters. 

340.  William  Boone  Van  Horn,  b.  23  May,  1844,  at  Crittendon,  Ky. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to  Louisiana,  Mo.,  and  after  attending  McGee 
College,  Macon  county,  Mo.,  in  1860-61,  he  entered  Illinois  College  the  next 
year.  In  1863-65  he  was  United  States  tobacco  inspector.  He  has  been 
engaged  in  the  tobacco  business  in  Louisiana,  Mo.,  and  at  Chicago,  and  in 
the  jewelr}'  business  at  Dallas,  Texas.  Mr.  Van  Horn  is  now  living  in 
Louisiana,  Mo. 

341.  Lyman  Beecher  Glover,  b.  10  Februar)',  1846,  at  Lodi,  Mich.  After 
attending  the  West  District  school  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  he  entered  the  pre- 
paratory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1862,  and  remained  one  year. 
He  then  attended  Wabash  College,  Ind.,  and  graduated  with  the  class  of 
1867.  In  1868  he  was  local  editor  of  the  "Jacksonville  Daily  Journal  "  and 
editor  of  the  same  in  1869-74.  In  1875  he  founded  the  Chicago  "Satur- 
day Evening  Herald,"  which  he  owned  and  edited  until  1886.  He  %vas  mar- 
ried in  October,  1886,  to  Louise  Thompson  of  Chicago,  and  is  the  father  of 
three  children.  In  1886  he  became  critic  and  reviewer  on  the  staff  of  the 
"  Chicago  Daily  Herald."  Resigning  in  1890  he  accepted  the  general  man- 
agement of  the  "  Chicago  Eden  Musee." 

342.  William  McCormick,  b.  in  1846,  County  West  Meath,  Ireland. 
Early  in  life  he  came  to  Sangamon  county,  111.,  with  his  parents  and  attended 
the  common  schools  until  fourteen  years  of  age.  In  i86ohe  went  to  the  Rocky 
Mountains  with  a  part}'  of  gold  seekers  but  returned  the  next  year.  He  en- 
tered the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1862  and  remained  two  years. 
After  spending  the  year  of  1864-65  in  the  Wisconsin  University  he  taught 
school  in  Sangamon  county,  111.,  and  Franklin  county,  Mo.  He  then  studied 
law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  never  practiced.  He  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Eureka  Springs,  Carroll  co..  Ark.,  where  he  has  since  resided.  He 
was  appointed  circuit  clerk  and  recorder  of  deeds  in  Carroll  county  in  1885 
and  served  three  years.  He  is  at  present  in  the  real  estate  business.  Mr. 
McCormick  was  married  in  1886  to  Susan  M.  Hines  of  Hamilton,  Caldwell 
CO.,  Mo. 

343.  Linus  Child  Chandler  came  from  Chandlerville,  111.,  and  entered 
the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College,  remaining  one  year. 

344.  John  Glover  Moore,  b.  25  December,  1841,  at  Perryville,  Ky.  After 
attending  the  common  schools  and  the  academy  at  Shelbyville,  Mo.,  he  en- 
tered the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1862  and  remained 
five  months.  In  1866-67  he  attended  Bethel  College,  Mo.  After  studying 
law  with  A.  W.  Lamb  of  Hannibal,  Mo.,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
March,  1870,  in  Lewis  county.  Mo.,  and  practiced  in  that  vicinity  for  five  years. 
In  1871  he  was  elected  city  attorney  of  La  Grange,   Mo.,  on  the  democratic 

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82  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

ticket,  but  refused  to  qualify.  In  1872-73  he  published  the  "North  Mis- 
sourian,"  being  both  editor  and  proprietor.  Since  1886  Mr.  Moore  has  been 
engaged  in  tlie  drug  business  at  Jelico,  Tenn. 

345.  Simeon  Walter  lies,  b.  29  December,  1846,  at  Midway,  Ky.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  and  the  Anderson  Seminary  at  Midway,  he  en- 
tered Whipple  Academy  in  1862  and  left  after  completing  the  freshman  year  in 
college.  He  then  entered  the  army,  joining  company  C,  145th  Illinois  infan- 
try, and  was  in  the  one  hundred  days'  service.  After  his  return  home  he  at- 
tended the  Davenport  (la.)  Business  College  where  he  was  graduated.  He 
subsequently  became  instructor  in  a  college  at  Burlington,  la.  His  purpose 
was  to  study  law,  and,  as  he  was  a  young  man  of  much  promise,  his  friends 
confidently  predicted  for  him  a  leading  place  in  the  profession  ;  but  failing 
health,  resulting  from  diseases  contracted  in  the  army,  compelled  him  to 
abandon  his  plans.     He  died  on  28  February,  1867,  at  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

346.  George  F.  Jobe,  coming  from  Xenia,  O.,  entered  the  freshman 
class  of  Illinois  College  in  1862  and  remained  one  year.  His  home  is  still 
at  Xenia. 

347.  Henry  Staley  Stevenson,  b.  i  July.  1S46,  at  Jacksonville,  III.  In 
1862  he  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College.  While  in 
Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  assistant  treasurer  and  librarian.  In  1864  he 
enlisted  as  a  private  in  the  145th  Illinois  infantry,  and  was  in  the  one  hundred 
days'  service.  He  returned  to  college,  but  left  in  1S66.  After  engaging  in 
business  in  Freeport,  he  returned  to  Jacksonville  in  1S82,  and  has  since 
been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  just  west  of  the  cit}'.  Mr. 
Stevenson  was  married  in  1871  to  Louisa  Rosenstiel  of  Freeport,  111.  Wil- 
liam Henry,  (No.  765)  the  oldest  of  his  four  children,  joined  Phi  Alpha  in 
1889. 

348.  Leonard  Wheeler  Chambers,  b.  10  November,  1844,  at  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  After  studying  in  tlie  city  schools,  he  entered  the  freshman  class 
of  Illinois  College  in  iS62and  remained  until  the  end  of  the  junior  year. 
In  the  society  he  held  the  office  of  librarian  for  one  term.  Upon  leaving 
college  in  1865,  he  followed  the  drug  business  one  year.  In  1866-83  he  was 
associated  with  his  brother  in  the  grocery  business,  and  since  1884  has  been 
a  partner  in  the  Morgan  Roller  Mills  of  Jacksonville.  He  was  candidate 
for  alderman  in  1879  and  for  mayor  of  Jacksonville  in  1S80.  From  1886  to 
1889  he  served  as  postmaster  of  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Chambers  was  married 
in  1871  to  Priscilla  McCartney  and  has  three  daughters  living  and  one  son 
dead. 

349.  Hardin  Wallace  Masters,  b.  near  Murrayville,  Morgan  co.,  111., 
II  September,  1845.  After  attending  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois 
College  in  1862-63,  he  spent  one  year  in  special  study  at  Michigan  Univer- 
sity. He  commenced  reading  law  in  1866  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Garnett,  Kan.,  in  October,  186S.  His  marriage  took  place  at  Pana,  111.,  10 
September,  1867.  In  April,  1869,  Mr.  Masters  removed  to  his  father's  farm. 
From  this  time  till  December,  1872,  he  taught  school  during  the  winter 
months  and  farmed  in  summer.  In  the  fall  of  1872  he  was  nominated  and 
elected  by  the  democratic  party  of  Menard  county,  111.,  for  the  office  of 
states  attorney.     He  was  re-elected  in   1S76  and   served   in   that  capacity 


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until  January,  1880.  Soon  afterwards  he  removed  to  Lewiston,  Fulton  co., 
111.,  where  he  has  since  given  his  attention  to  the  practice  of  the  law.  He 
was  candidate  on  the  democratic  ticket  for  elector  in  the  loth  congres- 
sional district  of  Illinois  in  iSSS. 

350.  Alfred  Morton  Green,  b.  24  November,  1846,  at  Hartford,  Ky. 
After  a  common  school  education  he  removed  to  Illinois  and  entered  the 
preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1862,  remaining  one  year.  In 
1S67-68  he  atteaded  the  Michigan  University.  After  studying  law  with 
Judge  J.  M.  Pollock  of  Mt.  Vernon,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869. 
Three  years  later  he  was  married  to  Miss  Lucy  Maxey.  In  1872  he  was 
elected  state's  attorney  of  Madison  county  and  served  until  1876.  He  also 
served  one  term  in  the  lower  house  of  representatives  of  the  31st  general 
assembly  of  Illinois.  Mr.  Green's  present  home  is  at  Gainesville,  Texas, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law. 

351.  Martin  H.  Cassell,  b.  11  September,  1845,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
Having  received  his  early  education  in  the  west  Jacksonville  district 
school  under  the  instruction  of  E.  P.  Kirby,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1862.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  treasurer,  vice-president,  and 
president.  He  was  graduated  in  1866  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  the 
appointment  of  valedictorian.  In  1S64  he  was  in  the  145th  Illinois 
infantry  for  the  one  hundred  days'  service.  After  studying  medicine  under 
Dr.  David  Prince  at  Jacksonville  and  at  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago, 
he  was  graduated  from  JeflTerson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia,  in  1868. 
He  first  practiced  in  Chicago  and  then  in  Jacksonville,  111.  In  1878  Dr. 
Cassell  removed  to  Davenport,  la.,  where  he  engaged  for  some  years  in  the 
drug  business.  He  then  went  west  and  was  for  a  while  in  Leadville.  Dur- 
ing the  last  three  or  four  years  he  has  been  in  California,  where  he  was  for 
some  time  on  a  ranch.     He  is  now  living  in  Oakland. 

352.  William  Pike  Moore,  b.  10  November,  1844,  at  Newark,  Knox  co., 
Mo.  He  attended  Dr.  Wm.  B.  Corbyn's  school  near  Clarence,  Shelby  co.. 
Mo.  In  1862  he  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  and 
remained  one  term.  Mr.  Moore  was  in  1865  appointed  deputy  collector  of 
internal  revenue  and  afterwards  acting  collector  of  the  3d  Missouri  district, 
which  position  he  held  for  some  months  and  then  was  deputy  again  until 
1868.  He  started  the  "  La  Grange  (Mo.)  Democrat,"  which  continued  for  a 
year.  He  was  for  two  years  in  the  lumber  and  two  in  the  hardware  busi- 
ness. Since  then  he  has  been  a  book-keeper.  For  the  last  seven  years  he 
has  been  living  in  Quincy,  where  in  1889  he  was  elected  special  tax  col- 
lector. 

353.  John  Allen  McMillan,  whose  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  entered 
the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in  1863  and  left  in  1865,  at 
the  end  of  his  freshman  year. 

354.  James  H.  Dodds,  b.  5  January,  1842,  at  Mt.  Vernon,  111.  He 
attended  the  Mt.  Vernon  public  schools  until  his  entrance  into  Illinois 
College  in  1861.  He  left  college  in  March,  1862,  and  has  since  been  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock  raising  at  Ellis  Mound,  Hamilton  co..  111.  Mr.  Dodds 
was  married  in  1884  to  Mary  Taylor  of  Ellis  Mound  and  has  three  children. 

355.  Conwell   Dunlap,   b.   16   September,  1845,  at  Jacksonville,  III.     He 


84  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

attended  the  city  schools  and  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College 
in  1862.  He  left  college  the  next  year  and  took  a  position  in  the  drug  store 
of  Dayton  and  Adams.  Ever  since  then  he  has  been  engaged  as  druggist 
and  pharmacist  in  different  drug  stores  in  Jacksonville,  and  has  for  the 
past  seventeen  years  been  in  the  store  of  W.  A.  Alcott. 

1863-64 

356.  William  Henry  Govert,  b.  10  September,  1844,  at  Fort  Madison, 
Iowa.  He  removed,  at  the  age  of  six  years,  to  Neelyville,  111.,  where  he 
attended  school  and  prepared  for  college.  He  entered  the  freshman  class 
of  Illinois  College  in  1863,  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  in 
1867.  In  1868-70  he  studied  law  at  the  Michigan  University,  and  was  at 
once  admitted  to  the  bar.  Since  1870  he  has  been  in  partnership  for  the 
practice  of  law  with  Joseph  N.  Carter  (No.  376)  of  Quinc}-,  III.  He  was  city 
attorney  of  Quincy  in  1872-74,  and  state's  attorney  of  Adams  county  in 
1876-84.  Mr.  Govert  was  married  in  1873  to  Rosa  F.Wood,  of  Jacksonville, 
and  has  one  son  and  two  daughters. 

357.  Frederick  Ashley  Jones,  b.  28  June,  1847,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  studying  at  home  with  his  father  and  at  the  Jacksonville  public  schools, 
he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1862,  and  was  graduated  with  the  appoint- 
ment of  valedictorian  in  1866.  In  his  junior  j'ear  he  also  received  the  honor 
of  the  Latin  oration.  After  spending  some  time  in  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  in 
the  pursuit  of  health,  he  returned  to  Jacksonville  and  died  of  consumption 
27  November,  1869.  As  a  student  and  as  a  man  he  was  noted  for  his  lofty 
spirit  of  ambition. 

358.  Richard  Elliott,  b.  16  May,  1848,  in  Louisville,  K}'.  He  removed 
to  Jacksonville,  111.  in  1851,  attended  the  city  district  schools,  and  entered 
the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1863.  For  one  term  he  was  re- 
cording secretary  of  the  society.  He  left  college  in  1866  and  for  a  time 
carried  on  a  grocery  business  in  Fort  Scott,  Kan.  Returning  to  Illinois,  he 
became  cashier  of  the  bank  of  Petefish,  Skiles  and  company,  Virginia,  but 
was  compelled  to  resign  that  position  on  account  of  ill  health  in  1S76.  He 
spent  one  year  farming  in  Muhlenberg  county,  Ky.,  and  then  returned  to 
Jacksonville,  where  he  died  on  25  December,  1878.  He  was  married  in  1869, 
at  Macomb,  111.,  to  Lucy  H.  Twyman  and  has  had  one  son  and  one  daughter. 
Mr.  Elliott  is  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him  as  a  model  business  man, 
— efficient,  courteous,  always  ready  and  willing  to  do  his  duty. 

359.  Henry  Clay  Grove,  b.  6  March,  1845,  near  Slater,  Saline  co.,  Mo. 
In  1S53-61  he  attended  the  public  schools  of  Cambridge,  Mo.,  and  came  to 
Illinois  College  in  1863.  In  1864  he  left  college  and  entered  Michigan 
University  where  he  remained  one  )'ear.  In  1867  he  was  graduated  from 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of  Virginia.  Dr.  Grove  practiced 
at  Webber  Falls  and  Ft.  Scott,  Kan.,  until  June,  i86g,  when  failing  health 
compelled  him  to  return  to  his  old  home  at  Cambridge,  Mo.,  where  he  died 
on  22  October,  1869.  He  is  remembered  by  his  associates  as  a  young  man 
of  unusual  ability. 

360.  Stephen  Hues  Claycomb,  b.  11  August,  1S47,  at  Waverly,  Mo.     He 


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became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1863  and  remained  one  year.  The 
year  of  1864-65  he  spent  in  Michigan  University.  Reentered  the  law  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Virginia  in  1866,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1868. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Marshall,  Mo.,  in  1868  and  has  practiced 
at  Nevada,  Vernon  co.  and  Joplin,  Jasper  co.  Mr.  Claycomb  was  elected 
from  Jasper  county  to  the  Missouri  house  of  representatives  in  1884  and 
was  elected  state  senator  for  the  23th  senatorial  district  in  1886.  In  1888  he 
was  also  elected  by  the  Democrats  Lieut.-Governor  of  Missouri.  Mr.  Clay- 
comb  was  married  in  1873  to  Sallie  E.  Headen  of  Nevada,  Vernon  co.,  Mo., 
and  has  one  son  and  one  daughter.     He  is  now  living  at  Joplin,  Mo. 

361.  David  William  Reid,  b.  13  April,  1845,  near  Cambridge,  Mo.  He 
entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1S63  remaining  one  year. 
He  attended  Michigan  University  one  year,  and  then  studied  medicine  at 
the  St.  Louis  medical  college  where  he  was  graduated  in  1868.  In  1868-70 
he  practiced  at  Oregon,  Mo.,  in  1870-80  at  Cambridge,  and  since  then  at 
Slater,  Mo.,  where  he  now  lives  with  his  wife  and  two  sons. 

362.  Edward  Ramsey  Elliott,  b.  22  November,  1846,  in  Louisville,  Ky. 
He  came  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  with  his  parents  in  185 1,  and  attended  the  city 
district  schools.  In  1863  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  but  he 
remained  onl}'  one  3'ear.  His  health  failed  rapidly  and  he  died  of  consump- 
tion at  Jacksonville  on  12  November,  1864.  Mr.  Elliott  was  a  young  man  of 
much  promise. 

363.  John  Carroll  B.  Ish  came  from  Petra,  Mo.,  and  attended  Illinois 
College  in  1864-65. 

364.  William  Gordon  came  from  Cambridge,  Mo.,  and  attended  Illinois 
College  in  1863-64. 

365.  George  Taylor  Goode,  b.  8  December,  1846,  in  Saline  county.  Mo. 
He  attended  the  common  schools  until  his  entrance  into  the  freshman  class  of 
Illinois  College  in  1863.  He  left  in  1864  and  for  one  year  taught  school  in 
Madison  county.  111.  After  studying  medicine  at  the  University  of  Virginia, 
and  in  Bellevue  Hospital,  New  York  City,  for  three  years,  he  practiced  for 
two  years  at  Marshall,  Mo.,  and  from  1870  to  1882  in  Olathe,  Johnson  co. . 
Kan.  Mr.  Goode  has,  since  1870,  been  engaged  also  in  farming,  and  has 
twice  been  elected  treasurer  of  Johnson  county,  for  the  years  1887  and  18S9. 

366.  Robert  Field,  jr.,  b.  14  May,  1841,  in  Saline  county.  Mo.  After  a 
common  school  education  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1863  and  remained 
one  year.  Since  1864  Mr.  Field  has  been  engaged  in  farming  near  Little 
Rock,  Mo. 

367.  Albert  Gallatin  Swett,  b.  in  April,  1849,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  After 
attending  the  east  district  school,  Jacksonville,  he  entered  the  preparatory 
department  of  Illinois  College  in  September,  1863  and  remained  one  year. 
From  1864-70,  he  served  as  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  business  and  later  in 
the  book  and  stationery  business,  at  Jacksonville  and  at  Bloomington,  111. 
He  also  acted  in  Mattoon,  111.,  as  solicitor  of  a  fire  insurance  company. 
Since  1871  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  photographing  business  at  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  previous  to  1888  on  his  own  account,  and  since  then  in  the  employ  of 
J.  H.  Hubbard.  Mr.  Swett  was  married  in  March,  1886,  to  Elizabeth  Franck 
and  is  the  father  of  two  girls. 


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368.  James  Chiles  Irwin  came  from  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  and  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1863-64. 

369.  Benjamin  Warfield  Brown,  b.  10  October,  1844,  at  Island  Grove, 
Sangamon  co.,  111.  After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1863,  and  four  jears  later  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 
In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  treasurer  and  president.  In  1867-68  he 
engaged  in  teaching  school  at  Island  Grove.  He  was  married  on  ig  June, 
1879,  'o  Mary  Vandeveer  of  Hamilton,  O.  Mr.  Brown  has  be6n  associated 
for  some  years  with  his  brother,  under  the  name  of  J.  R.  Brown's  Sons,  in 
the  raising  of  short  horn  cattle,  near  Berlin,  Sangamon  co..  111. 

370.  William  Harrison  Gilliam,  b.  15  March,  1841,  near  Cambridge, 
Saline  co.,  Mo.  After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  the  prepar- 
atory department  of  Illinois  College  in  1863  and  remained  one  year.  In 
1864-65  he  attended  the  University  of  Michigan.  Mr.  Gilliam,  who  is  now  a 
farmer  and  livestock  dealer  lives  near  Gilliam,  Saline  co..  Mo. 

371.  Orlando  Glore,  b.  10  August,  1S43,  at  Shiloh  Hill,  111.  He  entered 
ShurtlefT  College  in  i860  and  came  to  Whipple  Academy  in  1863,  where  he 
remained  one  year.  He  taught  school  a  year  and  a  half  in  the  Cherokee 
country  and  then  studied  law  in  Murphysborough,  III.  After  practicing 
for  a  time  at  Poplar  Blufls,  111.,  where  he  also  kept  a  hotel,  he  farmed  for 
two  years  in  Missouri  and  then  went  to  Arizona  for  the  sake  of  his  health. 
He  died  there  of  consumption  in  1879.  Mr.  Glore  was  a  conservative 
Democrat,  wrote  for  several  newspapers,  and  displayed  muth  talent  as  a 
public  speaker.     He  was  a  courteous  gentleman  and  won  a  host  of  friends. 

372.  William  Alexander  Goodin,  b.  24  March,  1841,  in  Pike  county.  111. 
In  1855-56  he  attended  a  private  school  in  Pittsfield,  111.,  and  after  studying 
at  Berean  College  in  1858,  and  the  Griggsville  High  School  in  1859,  he 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1863.  He  remained  one  year  in  college  and 
then  engaged  in  teaching.  In  1860-61  he  taught  at  Baj'ville  and  in 
1862-63  'It  Pleasant  Hill,  111.  He  also  taught  for  three  years  at  Liberty  and 
at  other  places.  Mr.  Goodin  has  served  as  assessor  of  Pike  county  and  is 
now  farming  near  Pittsfield. 

373.  John  Hezekiah  Ferguson,  b.  18  February,  1842,  in  Pike  county.  111. 
He  came  to  Illinois  College  in  1S63  and  completed  the  freshman  year.  He 
attended  Abington,  (111.),  College  in  1865,  and  taught  school  at  Pleasant  Hill 
in  1870-72.  In  1872-80  he  was  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  in 
Pike  county,  and  since  1878  has  been  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  in  Griggs- 
ville, 111.  In  18S5-S8  he  was  a  member  of  the  Griggsville  board  of  educa- 
tion. Mr.  Ferguson  was  married  in  1869  to  Mary  A.  Dunaven  of  Pleasant 
Hill,  and  has  had  three  children,  only  one  of  whom,  a  son,  is  living. 

374.  Byron  Caldwell  Smith,  b.  26  August,  1849,  in  Jefferson  county,  Ohio. 
He  came  to  Jacksonville  where  his  father.  Col.  J.  P.  Smith,  was  for  a  time 
editor  of  the  "  Daily  Journal,"  and  entered  the  preparatory  department  of 
Illinois  College  in  1863.  He  held  the  offices  of  librarian,  treasurer,  and  critic 
in  Phi  Alpha.  He  was  not  graduated  but  in  1S68  went  to  Europe  and  studied 
at  Heidelberg,  Berlin,  Munich,  Vienna,  and  for  six  months  at  Athens.  Re- 
turning to  America  he  was  professor  of  Greek  in  the  Kansas  State  Univer- 
sity at  Lawrence,  in  1872-75  ;  but,  his  health   failing,  he  went  to   Philadel- 


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phia  for  medical  treatment,  then  to  Colorado  in  search  of  health,  but  died 
on  5  May,  1877.  Mr.  Smith  was  not  only  a  very  proficient  Greek  scholar 
and  thoroughly  familiar  with  Latin  and  German,  but  had  also  made  con- 
siderable progress  in  French,  Italian,  and  Sanskrit.  He  also  had  gathered 
materials  and  drawn  the  outlines  of  a  treatise  on  sociology.  His  associates 
in  college  and  in  Phi  Alpha  remember  him  as  an  enthusiastic  student,  and 
a  debater  of  unusual  power.  His  love  for  the  acquisition  of  knowledge 
and  his  great  mental  force  combined  to  give  his  recitations  and  the  per- 
formance of  his  society  duties  an  interest  that  is  not  easily  forgotten. 

375.  George  Callaway,  b.  4  May,  1846,  in  Christian  county,  Ky.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  he  came  to  Illinois  College  in  1S63.  From 
May,  1864,  to  September,  1865,  he  served  in  the  commissar}'  department  of 
the  "  pioneer  brigade,"  army  of  the  Cumberland.  After  the  war  he  studied 
medicine  at  Tuscola,  111.,  and  practiced  there  from  i368  to  1871,  when  he 
removed  to  Virginia  City,  Montana,  where  he  practiced  in  1871-74.  In 
1874  he  was  appointed  auditor  of  Montana,  but  he  resigned  and  returned  to 
Tuscola,  where  he  continued  the  practice  of  medicine  until  18S0.  Dr. 
Callaway  was  married  on  19  February,  1879,  to  Emma  C.  Wyeth  of  Tuscola, 
where  he  is  now  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising. 

376.  Joseph  Newton  Carter,  b.  in  1843,  near  Big  Spring,  Hardin  co., 
Ky.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  went  with  his  parents  to  Coles  county,  111., 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  afterward  the  village  schools  of 
Tuscola,  111.  Before  entering  college  he  taught  school  in  Douglass  county 
and  afterwards  in  1864-65  near  Jacksonville.  He  became  a  freshman  in 
Illinois  College  in  1863,  and  was  graduated  in  1866  with  the  degree  of  B.S., 
delivering  also  a  philosophical  oration.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  was  for  one 
term  recording  secretary.  He  studied  law  at  Michigan  University  in 
1866-68,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Quincy  in  1869  and  has  practiced  there 
since.  Since  1870  he  has  been  associated  with  William  H.  Govert  (No. 
356),  under  the  firm  name  of  Carter  and  Govert.  Mr.  Carter  served  as 
private  in  the  75th  Illinois  infantry  for  a  few  months  in  the  summer  of  1862. 
In  1878  he  was  elected  to  the  Illinois  legislature  and  re-elected  in  1880. 
He  was  also  candidate  for  state  senator  on  the  Republican  ticket  in  1882. 
Mr.  Carter  was  married  in  1879  to  Nellie  D.  Barrell  of  Springfield,  111. 
They  have  three  children. 

377.  Hunter  Boyd  Gilkeson,  b.  10  October,  1845,  in  Frederick  county,  Va. 
He  attended  the  Friends'  school  at  Westtown,  Penn.  in  1861-62  and  entered 
Whipple  Academy  in  1863.  He  left  the  following  j'ear  and  in  1867-68  held 
the  position  of  bank  collector  in  St.  Louis.  In  1869  he  was  a  book-keeper 
in  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  was  subsequently  engaged  in  coal  mining  in 
Missouri.  He  was  married  in  1869  to  Annie  E.  McGrew  of  Lexington,  Mo. 
Mr.  Gilkeson  died  on  2  September,  1869,  at  Lexington,  Mo.,  leaving  a 
daughter  and  two  sons. 

378.  Adoniram  D.  Carter,  b.  5  November,  1842,  at  Auburn,  III.  After 
attending  the  county  schools  and  the  Waverly  high  school  he  finished  his 
early  education  under  Rev.  A.  M.  Tupper  of  Waverly.  In  1862  he  enlisted 
in  Company  C,  loist  Illinois  infantry  and  after  serving  five  months  left  the 
service  on  account  of  ill-health.     In  1863  he  entered  Illinois  College  and 


88  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY, 

remained  one  year.  In  1S64  he  entered  the  sophomore  class  in  Michigan 
University,  from  whicli  lie  was  graduated  in  1867.  He  studied  law  with 
Judge  Waite  of  Chicago  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869.  From  then 
on  Mr.  Carter  practiced  law  in  Chicago  until  his  death,  which  occurred  on 
15  March,  1884.     Mrs.  Carter  is  living  in  Evanston,  111. 

379.  George  N.  Nolan,  coming  from  Old  Hamburg,  Ky.,  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1SO3-64. 

380.  Robert  Fisher  Nicholson,  b.  8  February,  1S42,  at  Pittsfield,  111. 
After  attending  the  schools  of  Pittsfield,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1862 
and  remained  one  year.  In  1863-64  he  attended  Eureka  College,  Eureka, 
111.,  and  after  leaving  college  began  the  study  of  medicine  with  Dr.  John 
Shastid  of  Pittsfield,  but  his  health  failed  and  he  died  on  28  December,  1865. 
Mr.  Nicholson  was  an  earnest  Christian,  of  a  sympathetic  nature,  and  stead- 
fast of  purpose. 


1864-65 

381.  John  Augustine  Major,  b.  7  June,  1844,  at  Boonville,  Mo.  In 
1S60-61  he  studied  at  William  Jewett  College,  Liberty,  Mo.  After  attending 
Abingdon  College,  Abingdon,  111.,  and  Michigan  University,  he  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1864  and  remained  one  year.  In  1865  he  attended  a 
commercial  college  at  Chicago,  III.  Mr.  Major  then  returned  to  Missouri 
and  engaged  in  raising  and  trading  in  cattle  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
at  Liberty,  111.,  17  August,  1869. 

382.  James  Thompson,  b.  23  November,  1844,  near  Plattsburg,  Mo. 
After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1864  and 
remained  two  terms.  Upon  leaving  college  he  attended  the  Indiana  Ash- 
bury  University,  Greencastle,  Ind.,  and  then  Bryant  and  Stratton's  commer- 
cial college,  Chicago.  In  1866  he  returned  to  Missouri  and  taught  for  three 
years  near  Plattsburg,  at  the  same  time  studying  medicine.  In  186S-69  he 
attended  St.  Louis  Medical  College  and  in  the  following  year,  Jefferson 
Medical  College,  Philadelphia.  In  1869-74  he  practiced  at  Osborn,  Mo.,  at 
St.  Louis  in  1874-78,  and  at  Butte  City,  Montana,  in  187S-84.  In  1880  he 
was  elected  coroner  of  Silver  Bow  county,  Montana  and  in  1SS3  was  the  demo- 
cratic candidate  for  mayor  of  Butte  City.  In  1884  Dr.  Thompson  removed 
to  Ft.  Meade,  Fla.,  for  the  sake  of  health  and  practiced  his  profession  until 
1889,  when  he  removed  to  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  where  he  is  now  residing. 

383.  David  CofTman  Morrison,  who  came  from  Cambridge,  Mo.,  in  1864, 
entered  Illinois  College  and  remained  one  year.  He  is  now  living  at  Little 
Rock,  Saline  co.,  Mo. 

384.  John  Thomas  Rowland,  b.  4  May,  1847,  at  Newark,  Ohio.  He 
attended  the  common  schools  at  Jacksonville  and  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1864,  remaining  one  term.  In  1865-68  he  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness. The  next  eleven  years  he  spent  dealing  in  cattle.  Since  1S79  Mr. 
Rowland  has  been  living  at  Millwood,  Kno.\  co.,  Ohio. 

385.  Joseph  Edgar  Bartlett,  b.  5  October,  1848,  at  Olivet,  Mich.  He 
removed  with  his  parents  to  Illinois  and  studied  under  the  instruction  of 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  89 

his  father  and  at  the  Hamilton  high  school.  In  1864  he  entered  Illinois 
College  and  remained  until  the  following  spring  when  he  entered  Oberlin 
College,  Ohio,  where  he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  186S.  In  1868-69 
he  studied  in  the  Conservatory  of  Music  at  Leipsic,  Germany,  and  on  leav- 
ing received  a  diploma.  From  1870-77  he  filled  the  chair  of  music  in  the 
Kansas  State  University,  Lawrence.  In  1872  he  organized  the  Lawrence 
Conservatory  of  Music,  and  acted  as  director  and  sole  proprietor.  In  1877 
he  went  to  Waterbury,  Conn.,  and  filled  the  position  of  organist  and  musical 
director  in  the  First  Congregational  Church.  Mr.  Bartlett  is  at  present 
state  director  of  the  Connecticut  Saengerbund  and  devotes  most  of  his  time 
to  the  conducting  of  societies  and  operas. 

386.  Joseph  Washington  Mcllhany,  b.  22  February,  1844,  in  Frederick 
county,  Md.  In  1848  he  removed  with  his  father  to  Montgomery  county,  Mo., 
and  after  a  common  school  education  came  to  Illinois  College  in  1S64  and 
remained  one  year.  After  spending  a  year  at  a  commercial  college  in 
Springfield,  111.  and  the  year  1866-67  in  Indian  Territory,  he  taught  school  at 
Hydesburg,  Marion  co.,  Mo.,  and  in  1S68-69  was  principal  of  the  Danville 
Female  Seminary  and  in  1869-70  of  Jonesburgh  Academy,  Montgomery 
county,  Mo.  The  following  year  he  was  teacher  of  mathematics  in  the  Palmyra 
Female  Seminary  and  in  1874-75  was  at  the  head  of  the  seminary  at  Lead 
Hill,  Ark.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  married  to  Mary  E.  Coker.  In  18S4-85 
Mr.  Mcllhany  was  president  of  Belle  Plain  College,  Texas,  but  since  1886 
he  has  been  teaching  in  the  commercial  college  at  Comanche,  Tex.  In 
1884,  at  the  death  of  his  wife,  he  was  left  with  four  children,  three  of  whom 
are  now  living.  In  1886  he  was  again  married  to  Mrs.  Lydia  Elliott,  by 
whom  he  has  had  two  children. 

387.  Adolphus  Killiam  George,  coming  from  Barry,  Mo.,  attended  Illinois 
College  in  1864-65.     Mr.  George  is  now  a  minister. 

388.  Alphonso  Hunt  Bryan,  b.  8  August,  1845,  in  Indianapolis,  Ind. 
He  came  to  Illinois  College  in  1864  and  remained  one  year.  In  186S  he 
entered  the  law  department  of  the  Michigan  University,  was  graduated  in 
March,  1S70  and  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Mt.  Vernon,  111.,  in  June  of  the 
same  year.  He  taught  school  near  Denver,  Col.,  in  1871-72,  and  near 
Douglass,  Col.  in  1872-73.  Since  1874  he  has  been  practicing  law  in 
Champaign,  111.  Mr.  Bryan  has  held  important  official  positions  in  the 
county  and  has  been  an  ardent  temperance  worker.  He  was  married  in 
1878  to  Alice  Cheever  of  Peoria,  111.,  and  has  two  daughters. 

389.  Clark  Thompson,  coming  from  Bethel,  111.,  attended  Illinois  College 
in  1864-65. 

390.  Louis  Thompson,  whose  home  was  at  Bethel,  111.,  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1864  and  remained  one  year. 

391.  John  Calvin  Ferguson,  b.  i  October,  1845  at  Sedalia,  Mo.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  of  Pettis  county.  Mo.,  he  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1864  and  remained  one  year.  In  1872  Mr.  Ferguson  was  the  congres- 
sional candidate  of  the  12th  Missouri  district.  He  was  elected  to  the  Mis- 
souri legislature  the  same  year.  He  died  at  Osceola,  Mo.,  on  15  November, 
1881. 

392.  Edward  Still,  coming  from  Alton,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1864  and  remained  one  year. 


90  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

393.  Charles  Edward  Broadwell,  b.  23  February,  1S47,  at  Jacksonville, 
111.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  1864. 
He  served  in  Company  C,  145th  Illinois  Volunteers  under  Prof.  R.  C. 
Crampton,  remaining  six  months  in  the  service.  Mr.  Broadwell  is  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  grocery  business  in  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  and  is  located  at 
statiiin  A  of  the  McCord  and  Nave  Mercantile  company. 

394.  Miles  Lee  Gash  came  from  Barry,  Mo.,  and  attended  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1864-65.  Mr.  Gash  afterward  studied  medicine  and  became  a  prac- 
ticing physician. 

395.  Mifflin  Dallas  Duval,  b.  i  June,  1845,  at  Winchester,  Va.  After 
removing  to  Missouri  and  attending  school  for  one  year,  i86o-6r,  at  Mt. 
Gilead,  he  enlisted  in  the  Confederate  army  and  served  two  years.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1864  but  remained  only  a  few  months.  In  1866- 
75  he  was  in  mercantile  business  in  Kansas  City  and  St.  Louis.  In  1875  he 
removed  to  Kentucky  and  resided  there  until  1881.  He  is  now  living  on 
his  farm  near  Richmond,  Mo.  Mr.  Duval  has  also  large  ranch  interests 
in  the  "  Pan  Haiulle  "  in  Texas,  where  he  spends  part  of  each  year. 

396.  Alfred  Allen  Paxson,  b.  10  December,  1844,  at  Winchester,  111. 
After  living  in  Pike  county,  111.,  he  came  to  Jacksonville  in  1862.  After  at- 
tending the  West  Jacksonville  district  school,  he  taught  school  in  Mason  City 
during  the  spring  of  1864.  In  September,  1S64,  he  entered  the  freshman 
class  of  Illinois  College.  He  held  the  offices  of  librarian,  treasurer,  corres- 
ponding secretary,  and  president.  He  was  graduated  with  the  valedictory  in 
1868  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  subsequently  took  the  master's  de- 
gree. Entering  the  law  department  of  Washington  Universitj'  he  was 
graduated  as  valedictorian  in  1870.  The  same  year  Mr.  Paxson  delivered 
a  historical  address  before  Phi  Alpha.  Having  studied  law  with  Judge  H.  E. 
Dummer,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  22  February,  1871.  He  then  went  to 
Rockwall,  Tc.x.,  for  the  purpose  of  practicing  law.  In  1874  he  was  elected 
superintendent  of  schools  of  Rockwall  county.  He  then  returned  to  St. 
Louis,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged  in  the  practice  of  law.  In 
1884  he  was  the  democratic  candidate  for  circuit  attorney  of  St.  Louis  and 
again  in  1888.  He  has  been  appointed  by  the  circuit  court  of  St.  Louis 
provisional  judge  of  the  St.  Louis  court  of  criminal  correction,  vice  Hon.  E. 
H.  Noonan,  who  is  now  mayor  of  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Paxson  was  married  in 
1S73  to  Julia  L.  Hart  of  St.  Louis  and  has  four  children  living. 

397.  Walter  Alexander  Rearick,  b.  15  October,  1847,  at  Jacksonville, 
111.  He  attended  the  west  Jacksonville  district  school  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1S64.  He  left  college  the  next  year  on  account  of  ill  health  and 
was  subsequently  for  several  years  a  commercial  traveler  for  a  boot  and 
shoe  house  at  St.  Louis.  He  died  at  St.  Louis,  20  March,  1SS5.  Mr.  Rearick 
had  won  the  name  of  being  a  very  studious  and  industrious  young  man. 

398.  James  P.  Mauzey,  b.  23  March,  1S46,  in  Ray  county,  Mo.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  at  Mount  Pleasant  College,  Huntsville,  Mo.,  and 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1864.  From  1867-72  he  was  engaged  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  and  has  since  resided  at  Brunswick,  Mo. 

399.  Stephen  Henry  Bowman,  b.  21  November,  1S47,  in  Jersey  county, 
111.     After   attending    the    common    schools    of   Jersey  county  he  came   to 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  9I 

Illinois  College  in  1864  and  remained  one  j'ear.  During  the  summer  of 
1865,  he  attended  the  Eastman  Business  College  and  in  1866-70,  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  in  the  banking  house  of  William  Shephard  and  company, 
at  Jerseyville,  111.  In  1871  he  was  married  to  Harriet  B.  Cockrell  of  Jersey 
county,  111.  and  is  now  the  father  of  three  children.  In  1870-74  he  was 
sheriff  of  Jersey  county  and  in  1883-85  mayor  of  Jerseyville.  Since  1875 
Mr.  Bowman  has  been  a  member  of  the  banking  firm  of  Bowman  and  Ware, 
Jerseyville,  111. 

400.  John  Williamson  Vaughn,  b.  5  March,  1846,  in  Madison  countj',  111. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Jerseyville,  and  became  a  student  in 
Illinois  College  in  1864.  After  studying  in  1865  at  Bryant  and  Stratton's 
commercial  college,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  he  farmed  for  one  year  in  Madison 
county.  He  removed  in  1879  to  Leadville,  Col.,  where  he  has  since  been 
engaged  in  prospecting  and  dealing  in  mining  property.  Mr.  Vaughn  was 
married  19  January,  1871,  to  Miss  Anna  Ely  of  Jerseyville,  111. 

401.  Alexander  Young,  b.  7  July,  1847,  in  Bath  county,  Ky.  He  removed 
to  Missouri  and  attended  Plattsburg  Academy.  In  1864  he  came  to  Illinois 
College  and  completed  two  years.  After  leaving  college  he  went  to  the 
Missouri  State  University,  Columbia.  In  1866-67  he  studied  law  at  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.  and  in  1872  was  elected  prosecuting  attorney  of  Buchanan 
county.  In  1874  he  removed  to  St.  Louis,  where  he  has  since  been  prac- 
ticing law.  From  1874  to  1879  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Chandler 
and  Young  and  then  was  in  partnership  for  five  years  with  Hon.  B.  Gratz 
Brown. 

402.  F.  Grundy  Cockrill,  b.  in  1847,  at  Platte  City,  Piatt  co..  Mo.  He 
attended  the  William  Jewell  College  at  Liberty,  Mo.,  previous  to  1864.  In 
this  year  he  came  to  Illinois  College  and  remained  one  year.  After  serving 
in  the  Confederate  army,  he  spent  the  year  1865  at  Bethan}'  College,  West 
Virginia  and  taught  one  year  in  a  private  school.  In  1867  Mr.  Cockrill  en- 
gaged in  the  banking  business  at  Platte  City,  Mo.,  in  which  he  continued 
until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  1880. 

403.  Samuel  Warren  Nichols,  b.  5  February,  1844,  in  Hancock  county.  111. 
After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  the  army  in  1864  and  served 
four  months  as  a  private  in  the  151st  Ohio  regiment.  While  a  member  of 
Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  chaplain  and  recording  secretary.  In  1866 
he  left  college,  but  retained  an  active  membership  in  the  societ}'  for  several 
years.  After  teaching  in  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  for  one  year  he 
held  the  ofhce  of  treasurer  of  the  Jacksonville  gas-light  and  coke  com. 
pany  in  1867-70.  In  1870-71  he  was  employed  in  the  Jacksonville  First 
National  Bank.  After  dealing  for  six  years  in  stoves  he  became  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Clendenon  and  Nichols  photographers.  Since  1884  Mr. 
Nichols  has  been  engaged  in  editorial  work  on  the  "  Jacksonville  Daily 
Journal,"  and  on  the  sale  of  the  paper  to  a  joint  stock  companj'  in  1886,  he 
was  chosen  treasurer  and  associate  editor.  On  the  30th  December,  1873, 
Mr.  Nichols  was  married  to  Helen  M.  Storrs.  Since  he  has  been  a  member 
of  Phi  Alpha,  Mr.  Nichols  has  attended  twenty-six  open  meetings  and  love 
feasts  of  the  Society,  as  well  as  all  reunions. 


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1865-66 

404.  Samuel  Maxwell  Allen,  b.  6  April,  1849,  at  Frankfort,  Clinton  co., 
Ind.  He  received  his  early  education  in  Kentucky  and  in  the  common 
schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.  In  1S65  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  re- 
mained one  year.  In  1S67  he  attended  W.abash  College,  Crawfordsville,  Ind. 
The  years  1S69-75  he  spent  in  the  railroad  and  telegraph  business.  In  1S75 
-82,  with  the  exception  of  one  year,  he  engaged  in  banking.  In  1883-85  he 
was  in  the  railroad  business  in  Mexico,  and  in  California  in  1885-88.  In 
18S9-90  he  was  the  general  agent  of  the  Republic  Savings  Building  and 
Loan  Association  in  San  Francisco,  Cal.  where  he  is  now  living  and 
studying  medicine. 

405.  Francis  Asbury  Taylor,  b.  12  September,  1842,  in  Shelby  county,  Mo. 
In  1S56-61  he  studied  at  the  Shelby  high  school  and  came  to  Illinois  College 
in  1865,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1866  receiving  the  degree  of  B..^.,  and 
delivering  the  salutatory.  He  was  for  one  term  vice-president  of  the 
society.  At  the  commencement  of  1869  he  delivered  the  Master's  oration. 
In  1S66-67  he  taught  in  Palmyra,  Mo.;  in  1867-71,  in  Central  College,  Fayette. 
Mo.;  in  1872-73,  in  Mexico,  Mo.;  in  1873-74,  in  Marion,  Mo.;  and  in  1S74-76 
in  Lewiston,  111.  In  1876  he  entered  the  south-west  Missouri  conference  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  held  appointments  at  Waverly,  Otter- 
ville,  and  Cambridge.  In  1881  he  received  a  supernumerary  relation  and  as 
the  climate  of  Florida,  whither  he  went  in  search  of  health,  proved  bene- 
ficial, he  has  resided  there  since.  He  was  for  three  years  editor  of  the 
Apopka  "  Citizen,"  and  still  resides  in  Apopka.  While  Mr.  Taylor  was  a 
professor  in  Central  College,  Fayette,  Mo.,  he  organized  a  literary  society 
and  named  it  "  Phi  Alpha,"  in  honor  of  the  original.  He  was  married  in 
1875  to  Eliza  E.  Humphrey  of  Lewiston,  111.  and  has  three  children. 

406.  Benjamin  Franklin  Sibert,  b.  4  October,  1846,  at  Meredosia,  Mor- 
gan CO.,  111.  He  attended  the  common  schools  of  Morgan  county  and  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1865  where  he  remained  two  years.  He  attended  Bryant 
and  Stratton's  Business  College  in  Chicago,  1S69-70.  Since  1874  Mr.  Sibert 
has  been  superintendent  of  the  Jacksonville,  (111.)  Street  Railway.  He  was 
married  in  1S74  to  Mary  E.  Goodrich  and  has  one  son  and  one  daughter. 

407.  Robert  Edwin  Jenkins,  b.  6  February,  1846,  in  Clark  county,  Mo. 
He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S65  and  after  one  year  removed  to  Chicago, 
and  studied  law  with  E.  M.  Haines  and  A.  C.  Story,  and  then  at  Union 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1867.  He  was  at  once  admitted  to 
the  bar  and  has  since  practiced  law  in  Chicago,  being  at  present  asso- 
ciated with  E.  J.  Harkness  under  the  firm  name  of  Jenkins  and  Harkness. 
He  is  a  member  and  officer  of  the  Union  Park  Congregational  church,  and 
was  for  nine  years  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  He  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Chicago  Congregational  Club  and  is  connected  with  various 
other  societies.  In  1877  Mr.  Jenkins  was  elected  member  of  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  of  Cook  county  on  the  republican  ticket.  He  was 
married  in  1S69  to  Marsia  Raymond.  They  have  two  daughters  and  one 
son. 

408.  Samuel  A.  V.  Hartwell,  whose  home  was  at  Kane,  111.,  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1S65  and  remained  one  year. 


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409.  Alfred  Chester  Phelps,  b.  4  December,  1842,  at  Woodville,  Miss. 
After  receiving  a  common  school  education  he  removed  to  Greenville,  111. 
He  served  three  years  in  the  arm}',  first  as  private  and  sergeant  in  the  130th 
Illinois  regiment  and  afterwards  as  first  lieutenant  in  the  95th  U.  S.  colored 
infantry.  In  1865  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  remained  one  year.  In 
Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  office  of  corresponding  secretar}'.  After  leaving  col- 
lege, he  studied  law  privately  and  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  Janu- 
ary, 1867.  He  practiced  in  Illinois  until  1872,  when  he  removed  to  Denver, 
Colorado.  Mr.  Phelps  was  a  member  of  the  first  general  assembly  of  Col- 
orado and  has  been  city  attorney  of  Denver,  where  he  has  practiced  law 
since  1S72.     He  is  married  and  has  four  children. 

410.  Francis  Asbury  Riddle,  b.  in  1843,  near  Springfield,  111.  After 
attending  the  common  schools  and  Illinois  State  University  at  Spring- 
field, he  entered  the  army  in  June,  1862,  serving  first  as  a  private  in  the  130th 
Illinois  infantry,  then  as  second  lieutenant  in  the  25th,  and  as  first  lieutenant 
in  the  93d  U.  S.  colored  infantry.  In  1865  he  entered  Illinois  College  and 
remained  one  year.  In  1866  he  entered  the  Chicago  University  and  was 
graduated  in  1867.  He  was  also  graduated  from  the  Union  College  of  Law, 
Chicago,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  supreme  court  of  Illinois  in 
1867.  He  was  elected  to  the  Illinois  state  senate  in  November,  1876,  and 
served  four  years.  Since  1868  Mr.  Riddle  has  been  engaged  in  the  practice 
of  law  in  Chicago. 

41 1.  Samuel  Warren  Cottle,  b.  3  October,  1846,  at  Cottleville,  Mo. 
After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1865  and 
remained  one  year.  In  1869  he  attended  Jones'  Commercial  College,  St. 
Louis.  He  afterwards  engaged  in  farming  and  stock-raising  in  St.  Charles 
county,  Mo.  Since  1882  he  has  been  in  business  at  O'Fallon,  St.  Charles 
CO.,  Mo.,  where  he  was  appointed  postmaster  in  1886. 

412.  Harvey  Benjamin  Fuller,  whose  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  111., 
attended  Illinois  College  in  1865-66. 

413.  Charles  R.  Savage,  b.  in  1838,  in  Cass  county.  111.  He  studied  in  the 
Monroe  and  Springer  district  schools  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  1865, 
where  he  remained  only  two  weeks,  being  compelled  to  leave  on  account  of 
sickness.  Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  farming  near  BluflT  Springs, 
Cass  CO.,  111.  Mr.  Savage  was  married  in  1867  to  Sarah  E.  Springer, 
of  Monroe  precinct  and  has  had  five  sons  and  three  daughters.  His  wife 
and  one  child  are  now  dead. 

414.  Frederick  Goodell,  b.  5  May,  1840,  at  Chandlerville,  111.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  near  his  home  and  in 
Jacksonville,  111.  He  was  a  member  of  the  33d  Illinois  regiment  and  served 
in  1861-64.  I'l  1865  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  remained  one  year. 
The  year  1868-69  he  spent  in  teaching  school  in  Mason  county.  111.  He  died 
in  November,  1873.  The  greater  part  of  Mr.  Goodell's  life  was  devoted  to 
farming.  He  was  married  in  1868  to  Sarah  Wigenton  of  Mason  county  and 
had  three  sons. 

415.  Joseph  Reed  Askew,  whose  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  III.,  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1865-66.  Mr.  Askew  has  been  in  business  in  the  west 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  is  now  living  at  Wichita,  Kan. 


94  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

416.  George  Phares  Meitsell,  whose  home  was  in  Pekin,  111.,  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1S65-66.     Mr.  Meitsell  is  still  living  at  Pekin. 

417.  William  R.  Massey,  who  lived  in  J.icksonville,  111.,  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1865  and  remained  one  year.  Mr.  Massey's  latest  address  was 
Brunswick,  Chariton  co..  Mo. 

418.  Joseph  P.  Runyan,  b.  16  March,  1842,  in  Cass  county.  111.  He  received 
a  common  school  education  and  in  1864-65  attended  college  at  Abingdon, 
111.,  During  the  winter  of  1865  he  attended  a  commercial  college  at  Bur- 
lington, la.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1866,  and  remained  one  j'ear. 
In  1866-67  he  taught  a  public  school  in  Gallatin  county,  Ky.,  at  which  place  he 
married  Miss  VVinnifred  Poledsoe.  He  taught  school  in  Edgar  county,  111.,  in 
1871,  and  in  1872  in  Oueen  county,  Ky.  Mr.  Runyan  died  on  28  February, 
1873,  in  Warsaw,  Gallatin  co.,  Ky.,  leaving  a  wife,  one  son  and  one  daughter. 

419.  John  Hardin  McClintock,  b.  31  October,  1848,  at  New  Hartford,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  near  his  home  and  a  private  school  at 
Louisiana,  Mo.,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  September,  1865.  He  held 
the  offices  of  corresponding  secretary  and  president  in  the  society.  He  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  '69  receiving  the  degree  of  B.S.  In  1870  he 
taught  school  in  Pike  county.  111.,  and  in  the  following  year  he  attended  the 
law  department  of  Michigan  University.  His  health  failing,  he  went  to 
Colorado,  but  died  on  the  way  home  at  Lawrence,  Kan.,  30  October,  1873. 
He  was  a  young  manof  commanding  talent,  of  an  unusually  upright  charac- 
ter, and  had  won  the  good  will  of  all  who  knew  him. 

420.  James  Lewis  Irwin,  b.  11  October,  1849,  at  Mt.  Sterling,  111.  He 
removed  to  Pittsiield,  111.,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  At  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  was  drummer  boy  in  Company  H,  137th  Illinois  infantry. 
In  1865  he  entered  Illinois  College,  and  leaving  in  November,  1866,  he  coni- 
menced  the  study  of  law  with  his  father,  J.  S.  Ir\vin,  at  Pittsfield.  He 
then  attended  one  course  of  lectures  at  Michigan  University  and  was  after- 
wards graduated  at  the  Union  College  of  Law,  Chicago.  He  returned  to 
Pittsfield  where  he  practiced  his  profession  until  his  death  on  28  November, 
1876. 

421.  Charles  Hugh  Ethel,  b.  24  October,  1742,  at  Bethel,  Morgan  co., 
111.  He  attended  public  school  in  Winchester,  Scott  co.,  and  Bethel, 
Morgan  co.,  and  received  also  private  instruction  before  entering  Illi- 
nois College  in  1865.  He  left  college  the  next  year,  studied  law  one  year 
with  Morrison  &  Whitlock,  of  Jacksonville,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1870, 
and  has  since  practiced  law  in  Morgan  county.  He  was  the  democratic  candi- 
date for  county  judge  of  Morgan  county  in  1882  and  was  justice  of  the 
peace  a  short  time.  Since  18S6  he  has  been  deputy  county  clerk.  Mr. 
Ethel  enlisted  in  1861  and  served  three  and  one-half  years  as  captain  of  a 
company  in  the  nth  Missouri  infantr)'.  In  1877  he  was  married  to  Sarah 
Cunningham  of  Morgan  county,  and  has  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

422.  Frank  Elliott,  b.  30  July,  1S50,  at  Greenville,  Ky.  He  removed  to 
Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1S51  and  attended  the  city  schools  and  also  a  private 
school.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1865  and  left  in  1868  in  the  middle 
of  the  senior  year.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  was  vice-president  for  one  term.  After 
leaving  college  he  traveled  in  Europe  and  subsequently  went  to  San  Fran- 


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Cisco,  Cal.,  but  returned  to  Jacksonville  in  1875.  He  entered  the  banking 
house  of  Hockenhull,  King  &  Elliott,  where  he  has  since  remained,  and  in 
i88g  became  a  partner  in  the  iirm  of  Hockenhull  &  Elliott.  He  was  mar- 
ried in  1877  to  Cornelia  S.  Sanders  of  Jacksonville,  and  has  two  sons. 

423.  William  Henry  Foster,  b.  3  November,  1845,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
After  attending  the  West  Jacksonville  district  school,  he  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1863,  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '66  with  the  degree  of 
B.S.  Mr.  Foster  then  attended  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  and  after- 
wards engaged  in  business  in  Jacksonville.  He  is  now  engaged  as  a  travel- 
ing salesman  for  a  house  in  Kansas  Citv,  Mo. 

424.  Cornelius  Ludlam  Hatfield,  b.  17  August,  1S45,  near  Liter,  Morgan 
-CO.,  111.     He  attended  the  common  schools  of  Morgan,  Cass  and  Menard 

counties,  and  the  North  Sangamon  Academy  in  Menard  county,  111.  .  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1865,  and  left  on  account  of  sickness  in  1866, 
The  next  year  he  entered  Lincoln  (111.)  University,  and  was  graduated  in 
1868  with  the  degree  of  B.S.,  receiving  afterwards  the  degree  of  Ph.M.  He 
engaged  in  teaching  in  Bethlehem  Academy,  Caldwell  county,  Ky.,  in  186S-69; 
near  Lincoln,  111.,  in  1869-70  and  1874-75  ;  at  Broadwell,  III.,  in  1875-76,  and 
in  Petersburg,  111.,  as  principal  in  1876-77,  and  as  assistant  in  1S80-81.  He 
was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  in  Petersburg  in  1870-74,  and  in 
the  lumber  trade  in  1877-80.  In  1880  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  J.  D.  Whitley,  of  Petersburg,  and  afterwards  attended  Rush  Medical 
College,  Chicago,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1883.  He  practiced  medicine 
at  New  Holland,  111.,  until  1884,  and  since  that  time  at  Farmer  City,  111.  Dr. 
Hatfield  was  married  in  1868  to  Mattie  E.  Edgar,  of  Lincoln,  111.,  who  died 
in  December,  1874.  In  1878  he  was  married  to  Ella  A.  Fisher  of  Petersburg, 
who  died  in  March,  1881,  and  in  1887  to  Mary  E.  Woods,  of  Yorkville,  III. 
By  his  first  marriage  he  has  one  son  and  one  daughter,  and  a  daughter  by 
the  second. 

425.  John  Lyon  Oliver  came  from  Belleville,  Pa.,  and  attended  Illinois 
College  in  1865-66. 

426.  James  Henry  Grigsby,  b.  16  September,  1846,  at  Coatsburg,  111.  He 
came  with  his  parents  to  Pittsfield,  111.,  in  1852,  where  he  attended  public 
school  prior  to  entering  Illinois  College  in  1865.  He  left  college  in  1867 
and  taught  school  two  years  in  Pike  county.  111.  He  was  postal  clerk  on  the 
Wabash  railway  in  1870-71  and  in  1871-77  was  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  in 
Pittsfield.  He  gave  up  business  on  account  of  ill  health  in  1877  and  trav- 
eled in  the  south  and  west  until  1880.  In  1880-85  he  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  in  Wyoming  Territory.  He  removed  to  Perry,  Pike  co.,  in 
1886  and  for  two  years  dealt  in  hardware  and  agricultural  implements.  He 
returned  to  Pittsfield  in  18S9  and  is  now  interested  in  real  estate.  He  was 
married  in  1882  to  Mary  Kellogg,  of  Pittsfield. 

427.  Joseph  Beatty  Duncan,  b.  i  March,  1849,  at  Mercersburg,  Pa.  He 
attended  Illinois  College  in  1865-66,  and  then  farmed  in  Tazewell  county 
until  1880.  In  1880-85  he  was  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  at  Delavan, 
111.,  and  in  1885-87  dealt  in  farm  implements  at  Peoria,  111.  Failing  in  health 
he  went  west  and  engaged  in  farming  until  1889  when  he  returned  to  Del- 
avan, where  he  has  since  continued  his  old  business.  Mr.  Duncan  was 
married  in  1872. 


g6  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

428.  Ernest  Louis  Campbell,  b.  2g  June,  1847,  near  Versailles,  Ky. 
After  attending  Bethany  College,  Brook  county,  W.  Va.,  he  entered  Illinois 
College  in  the  fall  of  1865.  He  held  the  offices  of  critic  and  vice-president 
in  the  society  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1867,  receiving  the  degre« 
of  B.A.  and  delivering  a  philosophical  oration.  In  1867-6S  he  was  teacher 
of  Latin  and  Greek  in  the  Washington  high  school  at  Jacksonville,  111.  In 
1868-69  he  studied  at  Heidelberg  University,  Germany;  in  1869-71  at  the 
University  of  Vienna,  Austria  ;  in  1871-72  at  the  University  of  Wurzburg, 
Franconia.  At  the  last  university  he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  Having 
studied  law  in  Germany,  in  Kansas  City,  and  in  Chicago,  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  in  Kansas  City.  He  practiced  law  in  Denver,  Col.,  and  was 
afterwards  president  of  a  bank  at  Leadville  Mr.  Campbell  was  republican 
candidate  for  governor  of  Colorado  in  18S2.  In  1S84  he  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia and  is  now  practicing  law  in  San  Francisco. 

429.  Albert  Gould  Dod,  whose  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1865-66. 

430.  John  Maxwell  Dod,  b.  at  Danville,  Ky.,  8  May,  1845.  After  living 
in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  in  New  York  City  he  removed  to  Jacksonville  in 
1863.  In  Februarj',  1862,  he  enlisted  in  the  2nd  Missouri  state  militia  and 
served  for  two  )'ears.  In  1866  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  leaving,  after 
one  year,  attended  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  where  he  was  graduated 
in  March,  1870.  He  practiced  medicine  at  Concord,  111.,  for  about  two 
years  and  also  at  Virginia.  In  1875-83  he  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at 
Jacksonville,  111.  Since  then  he  has  been  farming  in  Missouri  and  is  now  at 
Greenwood.  He  was  married  to  Hannah  M.  Gallagher  of  Jacksonville,  111., 
and  has  one  son. 

431.  William  Wallace  Sayles,  b.  30  August,  1846,  in  Troy,  N.  Y.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  Burr  Seminary,  Manchester,  Vt.,  Lake  Forest 
Seminary  and  the  Military  College  at  Fulton,  111.  Having  moved  with  his 
parents  to  Illinois,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1865  and  remained  two 
years.  After  leaving  college  he  engaged  in  the  lumber  business.  Mr. 
Sayles  died  on  17  February,  1870,  at  New  Orleans,  La. 

1866-67 

432.  Oscar  William  Craig,  whose  home  was  at  Duncan's  Mill,  111., 
attended  Illinois  College  in  1866-67. 

433.  William  Dustin  Wood,  b.  6  February,  1852,  at  Summer  Hill,  Pike 
CO.,  111.  Removing  to  Jacksonville  in  1863,  he  studied  at  the  west  district 
school  and  the  Washington  high  school.  He  entered  the  preparatory  de- 
partment of  Illinois  College  in  1866  and  two  years  later  the  freshman  class. 
In  Phi  Alpha  he  was  made  successively  librarian,  corresponding  secretary  and 
recording  secretary.  He  was  graduated  in  1872  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and 
the  appointment  of  salutatorian,  and  afterwards  received  the  degree  of  M.A. 
After  graduation  he  was  for  two  years  publisher  of  a  weekly  newspaper  in 
Kansas.  Returning  to  Jacksonville  in  1878.  he  was  for  three  years  clerk 
and  book-keeper  in  the  flour  mills  of  Fitzimmons  and  Kreider.  He  then 
held  a  similar  position   for  D.  W.  Fairbanks,  dealer   in   agricultural   imple- 


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ments,  until  1883,  when  he  became  a  partner  in  the  tirm  of  D.  W.  Fairbanks 
and  company,  and  continued  so  until  March,  18S9,  when  the  firm  retired 
from  business  and  the  partnership  was  dissolved.  Since  June,  1889,  Mr. 
Wood  has  resided  in  Salt  Lake  City. 

434.  Edward  James  Edgar,  b.  2  May,  1848,  at  Collinsville,  111.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  he  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1862.  Mr.  Edgar  is  now  president  of  the  Edgar  and  Gray  Lead  and 
Zinc  compan)'  of  Jasper  county.  Mo.  He  has  recently  formed  a  connection 
with  a  wholesale  lumber  firm   of  Louisiana,  Mo.,  where  he  is   now  living. 

435.  Theodore  F.  King,  whose  home  was  then  at  La  Harpe,  111.,  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1S66-67. 

436.  John  Wesley  Johnson  came  from  Pittsfield,  111.,  and  attended 
Illinois  College  in  1866-67. 

1867-68 

437.  Thomas  Hurd  attended  Illinois  College  in  1867-68.  His  home  was 
then  in  Winchester,  111. 

438.  Franklin  M.  McCann,  b.  at  Columbus,  Adams  co..  111.  He  removed 
while  )-oung  to  Quincy,  111.,  and  attended  the  common  schools.  He  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1867.  After  leaving  college  and  studying  law  with 
Skinner  and  Marsh  of  Quincy,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  has  since 
been  practicing  law  in  Quincy. 

439.  Charles  W.  Edmonds,  coming  from  Payson,  111.,  attended  Illinois 
College  in  1867-68. 

440.  Edward  Louis  McDonald,  b.  28  October,  1849,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  attended  the  city  district  schools  prior  to  1866  and  spent  one  year  at 
Wabash  College,  Crawfordsville,  Ind.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1867 
and  was  graduated  in  1871  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  held  the  offices  of 
treasurer  and  president  of  Phi  Alpha.  After  leaving  college  he  spent  two 
years  in  the  Ann  Arbor  Law  School,  and  also  studied  with  Judge  Cyrus 
Epler,  and  Henry  Stryker,  jr.,  of  Jacksonville.  Since  1874  he  has  practiced 
law  in  this  city.  Mr.  McDonald  was  elected  state's  attorney  of  Morgan 
county  in  1878  and  was  re-elected  in  1880.  He  was  also  elected  to  the 
Illinois  legislature  in  1884,  and  to  the  state  senate  in  1889.  He  was  married 
in  1876  to  Lou  W.  Ayers  of  Jacksonville,  and  has  a  family  of  two  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

441.  William  R.  Robertson,  b.  25  July,  1849,  at  Carlinville,  111.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  and  Blackburn  University  of  Carlinville  he 
entered  Illinois  College  in  September,  1867,  and  remained  one  year.  In 
1872-74  he  studied  law  under  Palmer  and  Palmer  of  Springfield,  111.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1876.  In  1884-86  he  attended  Harvard  Law 
School,  Cambridge,  Mass.  Mr.  Robertson  then  became  a  journalist,  and 
after  a  connection  with  the  "  Fargo  Argus "  accepted  a  position  on  the 
"  Public  Opinion,"  at  Washington,  D.  C,  which  he  now  holds. 

442.  Robert  White,  b.  13  April,  1845,  at  Southampton,  Mass.  He  re- 
moved to  Knox  county,  Mo.,  with  his  parents  in  1847  where  he  received  his 
early  education  before  entering  Illinois  College  in   1867.     He  was  for  one 

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98  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

term  vice-president  of  the  society.  He  was  graduated  in  1869  with  the  de- 
gree of  B.S.  and  in  1870-74  was  employed  as  civil  engineer  on  several  rail- 
roads in  Nebraska,  Missouri,  and  Iowa.  Since  1874  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  grain  and  lumber  business  at  Knox  City,  Mo.  In  1SS2  Mr.  White 
was  candidate  for  the  Missouri  legislature  and  in  1886  was  candidate  for 
judge  of  Knox  county.  He  was  married  in  1880  to  Julia  Musgrove  of 
Scotland  county.  Mo.,  and  has  one  son. 

443.  John  M.  Grimes,  b.  in  1849,  near  Perry,  Pike  co.,  111.  After  attend- 
ing the  common  schools  and  a  private  school  in  Perry  he  engaged  in  teach- 
ing in  the  winter  of  1866-67,  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  September, 
1867.  He  was  made  successively  corresponding  secretary,  critic,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  society.  In  1870  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  and 
at  once  began  the  study  of  law  with  Warren,  Wheat  and  Hamilton,  Quincy. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1871  and  practiced  law  at  Quincy  until  1879. 
In  1879-84  he  was  editor  of  the  Quincy  "  Daily  Herald."  He  removed  to 
Chicago  in  April,  1884,  and  did  editorial  work  on  the  Chicago  "  Times" 
until  the  following  August,  when  he  resumed  the  practice  of  law. 

444.  Charles  Ebenezer  Capps,  b.  22  October,  1848,  at  Vandalia,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Vandalia,  and  came  to  Illinois  College  in 
1867.  He  left  college  the  next  year  and  returned  to  Vandalia  where  he  has 
since  been  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business.  He  has  held  the  offices 
of  school  trustee  of  Vandalia  township,  alderman  of  the  city  and  member 
of  the  school  board.  Mr.  Capps  was  married  in  18S0  to  Sarah  Gregory  of 
Vandalia  and  has  one  daughter. 

445.  Samuel  E.  Reaugh,  whose  home  was  in  Berlin,  111.,  was  a  student  at 
Illinois  College  in  1867-6S. 

446.  James  M.  Becraft,  b.  27  January,  184S,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1867,  after  attending  the  district  schools  near 
Jacksonville,  and  remained  one  year.  He  has  since  been  engaged  in  farm- 
ing at  Marshall,  Mo. 

447.  George  W.  Lee,  b.  31  October,  1850,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  He  re- 
moved to  New  Berlin,  where  he  received  his  early  education.  In  1867  he 
entered  Illinois  College.  Leaving  college  in  1869,  he  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  at  New  Berlin  for  four  years  and  then  became  cashier  of  Warren's 
Bank  for  four  years.  Mr.  Lee  has  been  engaged  in  business  in  several 
places.     He  is  now  at  the  Union  stock  yards,  Chicago. 

1868-69 

448.  Julian  Ridgley  Simms,  \>.  i  October,  1850,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the  west  Jacksonville  district  school  and 
the  Washington  high  school.  In  1868  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  held 
the  offices  of  treasurer,  librarian  and  vice-president.  He  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  '72  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  1873-74  he  attended  the 
medical  department  of  Michigan  University  and  in  1874-75  the  Missouri 
Medical  College,  St.  Louis.  In  1S75-79  Dr.  Simms  practiced  in  St.  Louis, 
and  in  Jacksonville  in  1879-86.  In  1886  he  removed  to  Ashland,  Kansas, 
where  he  practiced  his  profession  for  three  years,  when  he  removed  to  Union 
Grove,  Wis.,  where  he  now  resides. 


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449.  Robert  Donald  Russel,  b.  9  March,  1851,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.  He 
removed  to  Jacksonville  in  i860,  attended  public  schools  in  St.  Louis  and 
Jacksonville,  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  186S.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  was 
assistant  librarian,  critic  and  vice-president.  He  was  graduated  in  1871  with 
the  degree  of  B.A.  and  the  appointment  of  valedictorian.  He  received  the 
master's  degree  in  1S74.  In  1872-74  he  studied  law  with  Morrison  and  Whit- 
lock,  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Illinois  supreme 
court  in  1874.  He  practiced  at  Jacksonville  until  1884,  being  successively  a 
member  of  the  firms  of  Dummer,  Brown  and  Russel,  Brown  and  Russel,  and 
Brown,  Kirby  and  Russel.  He  was  jepublican  candidate  for  state's  attorney 
of  Morgan  county  in  1876,  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Jacksonville  in  1875 
and  in  1877  and  was  made  alderman  of  Jacksonville  in  1883.  In  1884  he 
removed  to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  has  since  practiced  law  at  that  place. 
He  is  now  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Russel  and  Reed,  formerly  Russel, 
Calhoun  and  Reed.  He  was  elected  city  attorney  of  Minneapolis  in  1S89 
and  is  still  occup3ing  that  position.  In  1886  Mr.  Russel  was  elected  trustee 
of  Illinois  College.  He  was  married  in  1S76  to  Lillian  M.  Brooks,  of  Dan- 
ville, 111.,  and  has  had  four  children,  only  one  of  whom,  a  daughter,  is  living. 

450.  William  Mattoon  King,  b.  14  March,  1850,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  private  and  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  he  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1866  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '70,  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.  He  held  the  office  of  vice-president.  Mr.  King  is  at  pres- 
ent manager  of  a  chemical  factory  in  New  York  City. 

451.  Frederick  Alexander  McDonald,  b.  9  December,  1850,  at  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  He  attended  the  city  district  schools  and  the  Washington  high 
school  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  1868.  He  was  for  one  term 
librarian  of  Phi  Alpha.  At  graduation  in  1871  he  received  the  degree  of 
B.A.,  and  subsequently  that  of  M.A.  He  studied  law  with  Judge  Cyrus 
Epler,  Jacksonville,  and  attended  Michigan  University  in  1872-73.  Being 
admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Illinois  supreme  court  at  Ottawa  in  1S73,  he  prac- 
ticed in  Jacksonville  until  1S76.  That  year  he  removed  to  California  and 
was  until  1S81  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  Napa  Female  Seminary,  of 
which  he  was  for  two  years  principal.  He  then  removed  to  Crook  county, 
Oregon,  and  managed  a  sheep  ranch  until  1886.  He  was  elected  county 
judge  of  Crook  county  in  1884,  and  in  1886  was  appointed  registrar  of  the 
government  land  office  at  The  Dalles,  Oregon,  which  office  he  now  holds. 
Mr.  McDonald  was  married  in  1874  to  Mary  P.  Baldwin  of  Post  Mills,  Vt., 
and  has  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 

452.  Frederick  Remann,  b.  10  May,  1847,  at  Hagerstown,  Md.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  Academia,  Penn.,  and  Tuscola,  111.  He 
served  some  time  in  companj'  E,  143d  Illinois  infantry,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  September,  1868,  where  he  remained  one  year.  In  1876  he  was 
elected  to  the  lower  house  of  the  Illinois  Legislature  on  the  republican 
ticket.  For  two  years  he  has  served  as  mayor  of  Vandalia  and  was  candi- 
date for  ma3'or  in  1876.  Mr.  Remann  has  been  chairman  of  the  republican 
central  committee  of  Fayette  county  for  several  years. 

453.  Mathias  George  Fuller,  b.  22  August,  1847,  at  Dalton,  Berkshire 
CO.,  Mass.     After  a  common  school  education  he  taught  at  Oconee,  111.     He 


lOO  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

spent  two  years  at  McKendree  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  and  then  entered 
Illlinois  College  in  1868  and  remained  three  years.  In  1871  he  engaged  in 
the  milling  business  and  has  since  become  proprietor  of  the  Oconee  Roller 
Mills. 

454.  Julian  Post  Lippincott,  b.  27  October,  1847,  at  Marine  Settlement, 
Madison  co.,  111.  In  1864  he  enlisted  in  the  145th  Illinois  volunteer  infantry 
and  served  four  months.  Prior  to  1867  he  attended  the  city  schools  of  Jack- 
sonville, 111.  Having  spent  the  year  1867-68  at  the  Soldiers'  school  of  Ful- 
ton, Whiteside  co.  and  the  fall  of  1868  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school, 
he  entered  Illinois  College  in  the  spring  of  i86g  and  was  graduated  in  1872 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  receiving  also  the  first  honor.  He  was  chaplain,  cor- 
responding secretary  and  president  of  the  societ}'.  After  leaving  Illinois  Col- 
lege Mr.  Lippincott  studied  law  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  in  1872-73  and  further 
pursued  the  study  with  Morrison  and  Whitlock,  Jacksonville,  and  Hay, 
Green  and  Littler,  Springfield.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Springfield, 
in  January,  1874,  and  has  since  practiced  in  Jacksonville,  where  he  has  been 
for  eight  years  member  of  the  Jacksonville  board  of  education.  Mr.  Lippin- 
cott was  married  in  1874  to  Clara  Adams,  daughter  of  the  late  Professor 
Adams  of  Illinois  College^  and  has  a  daughter  and  one  son. 

1869-70 

455.  William  Finley  Brown,  b.  22  June,  1852,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  west  Jacksonville  district  school  and  the  Washington 
high  school  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1869,  remaining  until  the  middle 
of  the  junior  year.  After  one  term  at  the  Jacksonville  Business  College 
he  engaged  in  farming  near  Alexander  for  several  years.  He  removed  to 
Jacksonville  in  1885,  and  until  1889  he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Brown 
and  Oliver,  insurance  and  real  estate  agents.  He  is  at  present  a  special 
insurance  agent.  Mr.  Brown  was  married  in  1872  to  Miss  DeMotte  of  Jack- 
sonville and  is  the  father  of  three  children. 

456.  Edward  Doocy,  b.  24  October,  1851,  at  Griggsvillc,  Pike  co.,  111. 
He  attended  the  Griggsville  high  school  until  the  spring  of  1869  and  came  to 
Illinois  College  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  For  one  term  he  was  librarian 
of  the  society.  He  was  graduated  in  1871  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  and 
taught  school  in  Pike  county  one  year.  After  studying  law  with  Judge 
James  Ward,  of  Griggsville  and  with  W.  G.  Ewing,  of  Ouincy,  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  Illinois  supreme  court  in  1874.  He  practiced  for 
eight  years  at  Griggsville  and  since  then  at  Pittsfield,  111.  In  1879-83  he 
was  city  attorney  of  Griggsville.  He  was  elected  county  judge  of  Pike  county 
in  1882  and  re-elected  in  18S6.  In  18S6  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Henry 
Bush  of  the  class  of  '76.  Judge  Doocy  was  married  in  18S6  to  Clara  L. 
Butler  of  Griggsvillc  and  has  one  daughter. 

457.  Thomas  McKinstry  Duncan,  b.  13  April,  1S51,  at  Connersville, 
Ind.  He  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  the  fall  of  1S69  and  remained  one 
year.  After  leaving  the  academy  he  remained  on  the  farm  till  1873  when 
he  spent  one  year  in  the  printing  office  of  the  "  Delavan  Advertiser."  In 
1874  he  was  partner  and  publisher  of  the  "  Illinois   Sentinel  "  at  Jackson- 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  lOI 

ville,  111.  In  1875-S2  he  followed  the  occupation  of  farming  near  Delavan, 
111.,  and  since  1882  has  been  farming  near  Lawrence,  Kan.  Mr.  Duncan 
was  married  in  1S76  to  Nannie  C.  Higbee  of  Jacksonville  and  has  two  sons 
and  two  daughters. 

458.  Frank  Doster,  b.  19  Jan.,  1849,  at  Virginia,  Cass  co.,  111.  He  served 
twenty  months  as  corporal  of  companj'  M.,  nth  Indiana  cavalry.  After 
leaving  the  army  he  attended,  in  1866,  Thorntown  Academy,  Thorntown,  Ind., 
and  then  for  one  year  the  law  department  of  the  Indiana  state  university. 
He  entered  the  junior  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1869  and  remained  but  a 
short  time.  In  1S70  he  studied  law  with  Andrew  Duff  at  Benton,  111.,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June  of  the  same  )'ear  at  Monticello,  111.,  where 
■he  practiced-  one  year.  In  1872  he  went  to  Marion,  Kan.  He  was  elected 
to  the  lower  house  of  Kansas  in  1878,  defeated  for  congress  in  Kansas,  and 
in  18S7  elected  judge  of  the  25th  district.  Judge  Doster  was  married  in  1870 
to  Caroline  Riddle  of  Monticello,  III.,  and  has  a  family  of  five  children. 

459.  Edward  Potter  Vail,  b.  30  July,  1849,  at  Fredericksville,  Schuyler 
CO.,  111.  He  received  his  earl}'  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Freder- 
icksville. Entering  the  Federal  army  in  February,  1S65,  he  served  one  year 
in  company  F.,  i8th  Illinois  infantry.  He  read  law  with  Charles  C.Warren, 
Rushville,  in  1S68-69  and  spent  the  year  of  1869-70  at  Whipple  Academy. 
He  practiced  law  for  seven  years  at  Rushville,  111.,  and  has  since  been  prac- 
ticing at  Decatur,  111.  In  1S72-76  he  was  state's  attorney  of  Schuyler  county, 
and  in  18S4-88  held  the  same  office  in  Macon  county.  111.  Since  188S  he  has 
been  circuit  judge  of  the  4th  district  of  Illinois.  Judge  Vail  was  married  in 
1876  to  Carrie  M.  Putnam  of  Rushville,  111.,  and  has  three  sons. 

460.  John  Anthony  Blecker  Shippey,  b.  20  Dec,  1846,  at  Port  Huron, 
Mich.  He  entered  the  Union  army  in  1864  and  served  two  years  in  the  i8th 
Illinois  infantry.  In  1869  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  and  remained  one 
year.  He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  but  practiced  only  a  short 
time.  In  1S70  he  began  teaching  and  was  engaged  one  year  at  Fredricks- 
ville,  two  years  at  Vermont,  four  years  at  Augusta,  111.,  and  since  1880  has 
been  in  charge  of  the  Plymouth  (111.)  schools.  For  the  coming  year  he  has 
been  employed  to  superintend  the  Farmingdale  (111.)  schools.  Mr.  Shippey 
was  the  republican  candidate  for  superintendent  of  schools  in  McDonough 
county  in  1886.  He  was  married  in  1871  to  Sarah  E.  Venters  and  has  five 
sons. 

461.  Henry  Phelps  Day,  b.  5  February,  1855,  at  Greenfield,  Mass.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the  Jacksonville  west  district  school.  After 
spending  two  years  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school  and  one  year  in  Whipple 
Academy  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1869.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the 
offices  of  librarian,  recording  secretary  and  president.  He  was  graduated  in 
1874,  delivering  the  valedictory  and  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A.  Later  he 
was  given  the  degree  of  M.A.  After  studying  law  one  year  with  Morrison 
and  Whitlock  and  Julian  P.  Lippincott,  Jacksonville,  he  filled  the  positions 
of  editorial  writer,  telegraphic  and  city  editor  of  the  Peoria  "Transcript  " 
and  "National  Democrat."  In  1886  he  became  editorial  and  local  writer  on 
the  "Jacksonville  Daily  Courier."  In  1887  Mr.  Day  was  nominated  for 
city  clerk  of  Peoria  on  the  democratic  ticket,  but  withdrew  his  name.     The 

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I02  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

following  year  he  was  a  candidate  for  alderman  of  the  fifth  ward  of  Peoria. 
In  politics  Mr.  Day  has  been  both  a  republican  and  democrat  and  is  now 
a  prohibitionist.     He  is  livinjj  at  Jacksonville,  111. 

462.  James  Albert  Chain,  b.  22  December,  1847,  at  Columbus,  O.  He 
removed  in  1857  to  Illinois  and  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1S69.  He 
remained  only  one  year,  being  compelled  to  leave  on  account  of  ill  health. 
He  spent  the  winter  of  1870  herding  cattle  in  Colorado,  and  in  1871  opened 
a  book  and  stationery  store  in  Denver,  which  he  is  still  managing.  Mr. 
Chain  was  married  in  1871  to  Helen  Henderson  of  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

463.  Joseph  Winterbottom,  b.  14  August,  1S45,  at  Oldham,  Lancashire, 
England.  He  came  to  Illinois  in  1858,  attended  the  common  schools  and 
spent  two  years,  1867-69,  in  Northwestern  University,  Evanston,  111.  He 
entered  Illinois  CoUbge  in  1869,  and  was  graduated  in  1873  ^^'''li  the  degree 
of  B.A.  In  the  society  he  was  librarian  and  chaplain.  He  studied  for  the 
ministry  in  the  conference  course  of  theology  and  became  a  minister  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He  has  held  charges  at  the  following  places 
in  Illinois:  Alexander,  West  Jacksonville,  Cisco,  Bement,  Virden,  Mechan- 
icsburg,  Taj'lorville,  Greenfield  and  Saybrook,  where  he  is  at  present.  Mr. 
Winterbottom  was  married  in  1876  to  Sarah  E.  Gillham,  Merritt,  Scott  co., 
111.,  and  has  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 

464.  Charles  Edward  Casey,  coming  from  Jerseyville,  111.,  was  a  student 
of  Whipple  Academy  in  1860-70. 

465.  William  Beardsley  Hubbard,  b.  18  November,  1852,  at  Lamoille, 
Bureau  co.,  HI.  He  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1869,  and  left  in  the  spring 
of  1871.  After  teaching  nearly  a  year  in  Champaign  county.  111.,  he  entered 
Beloit  College  and  finished  the  four  years'  classical  course,  receiving  the 
degree  of  B.A.  in  1876  and  three  years  later  the  master's  degree.  He  was 
principal  of  the  public  schools  of  Lombard,  111.,  in  1S76-77,  studied  three 
years  in  the  Yale  Divinity  School  in  1877-81,  and  before  graduation 
preached  in  the  Congregational  churches  at  Blunt  and  Rantoul,  111.  In 
1881  he  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the  gospel  in  the  Central  Congrega- 
tional church  at  New  Haven,  Conn.  After  preaching  three  months  in  1881 
at  Tyndall,  Dakota,  he  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
at  Chamberlain,  South  Dakota,  where  he  still  labors.  He  was  an  honorary 
member  of  the  sixth  session  of  the  National  Council  of  Congregational 
churches  in  1886,  and  at  its  seventh  session  in  1889  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
represented  his  local  association.  Mr.  Hubbard  has  two  daughters  and  one 
son. 

466.  William  Henry  Moore,  b.  17  March,  1851,  at  Kane,  Green  co..  III. 
After  attending  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  he  spent  one  year  in 
Whipple  Academy.  In  1S63-65  he  was  drummer  in  company  G,  144th  Illi- 
nois infantry.  In  1869  he  entered  Illinois  College,  remaining  one  year.  In 
1877-79  he  held  the  position  of  general  accountant  of  the  Missouri,  Kansas 
and  Texas  Railway  company.  Mr.  Moore  is  at  present  an  expert  accountant, 
making  a  specialty  of  counties,  corporations  and  banks. 

467.  Winfield  Scott  Bowman,  b.  3  September,  1852,  in  Jersey  county, 
111.  After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Jerseyville  and  Brower  Institute, 
Olmstead,  Kv.,  he  entered  the  preparatory  department  of  Illinois  College  in 


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1869  and  remained  one  year.  In  1S73-74  he  was  deputy  sheriff  of  Jersey 
county,  and  in  1875-76  he  was  proprietor  of  a  book  and  news  store  in  Jer- 
seyville,  111.  He  then  removed  to  Sterling,  Kansas,  and  was  cashier  of  the 
Bank  of  Sterling  from  1881-S5.  Since  1886  Mr.  Bowman  has  been  engaged 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  Sterling. 

468.  William  Anthony  Anderson,  b.  28  October,  1850,  at  Newcastle, 
Ontario,  Canada.  He  removed  to  Pike  county.  111.,  with  his  parents  in 
1851,  attended  the  common  schools  and  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1869. 
He  left  the  academy  in  1S71.  Mr.  Anderson  died  on  27  Januarj',  1873,  at 
Falls  City,  Neb. 

469.  William  Eads,  b.  14  December,  1850,  near  Fieldon,  Jersey  co..  111. 
'Having  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Fieldon,  he 

entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1869  and  remained  one  year.  In  1874-77  he 
engaged  in  the  dry  goods  and  grocery  business  at  Fieldon.  In  1S76  he  was 
made  head  deputy  in  the  county  clerk's  office  of  Jersey  county,  111.  He 
was  married  on  30  March,  1880,  in  Montgomery  county,  to  Elizabeth  J.  Thomas 
by  whom  he  has  had  three  children.  In  1886  he  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business  at  Jerseyville,  111.,  and  in  the  same  year  was  elected  alderman.  In 
1887  Mr.  Eads  removed  to  Shipman,  Macoupin  co..  111.  and  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  business  under  the  firm  of  F.  Swett  and  company,  which  has  since 
been  changed  to  the  name  of  Eads  and  Trotter. 

470.  John  Blatchford  Collins,  b.  7  September,  1853,  at  Quincy,  111.  He 
attended  private  schools  in  Hartford  and  at  Farmingdale,  Conn.,  in  1S61-65. 
He  entered  the  University  of  St.  Louis  in  1S65  and  in  1867  came  to  Illinois 
College.  He  attended  Whipple  Academy  the  years  of  1867-68  and  1870-71, 
having  spent  1S69-70  in  a  military  academy  at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  In 
1874-79  he  was  engaged  in  the  iron  commission  business  at  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
and  then  for  two  years  was  an  oil  commission  merchant.  In  1881-83  he 
followed  the  commission  business  in  Chicago,  111.  For  the  next  six  years  he 
was  engaged  in  the  general  mercantile  business  at  Miles  City,  Montana,  and 
then  removed  to  Helena,  Montana  and  engaged  in  the  hardware  business. 
Since  residing  in  Montana  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in  politics,  but  has  de- 
clined all  official  distinctions.  He  was  married  in  1874  to  Miss  Nellie  Davis 
of  St.  Louis,  and  has  two  sons. 

471.  John  Deaton,  b.  4  November,  1848,  near  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  district  schools  and  Washington  high  school  until  1S69,  when 
he  entered  Whipple  Academy.  After  remaining  one  year,  he  left  college 
and  taught  school  in  Greene  county.  III.,  in  1870-71,  in  Morgan  county  in 
1871-72  and  in  Macon  county  in  1873-74.  He  was  married  in  1875  to 
Georgie  Cunier  of  Macon,  111.,  and  is  the  father  of  three  boys  and  one  girl. 
Until  t888  he  farmed  in  Macon  county  and  then  removed  to  Lyons,  Rice 
CO.,  Kansas,  where  he  engaged  in  the  grain,  flour,  and  seed  business.  In 
1889  he  purchased  the  wholesale  and  retail  grocery  of  Lyons,  which  he 
still  owns. 

472.  Julius  Starrett,  b.  10  June,  1854,  at  Winchester,  Scott  co..  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Winchester  in  1862-69,  then  entered  Whipple 
Academy  and  remained  two  years.  In  1872-76  he  attended  Amherst  Col- 
lege, and  studied  law  the  two  following  years  at  the  Columbia  Law  School, 


104  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

New  York  City.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Chicago  in  1878  and  has 
since  practiced  in  Illinois.  He  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  law  firm  of 
Sleeper,  Starrett  and  Ehrlich,  175  Dearborn  st.,  Chicago,  111.  Mr.  Starrett 
was  married  in  18S2  to  Fannie  C.  Osman  of  Ottawa,  111. 

473.  Harry  Clark  Stewart,  b.  16  February,  1852,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  attended  the  west  Jacksonville  district  school  in  1858-67  and  the  high 
school  in  1868-69.  ^"  1S70  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  was  president 
of  Phi  Alpha  in  1S72-73.  In  1873-75  he  studied  law  in  the  University  of 
Michigan  and  was  chosen  class  orator.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Lansing,  Michigan,  and  practiced  in  Jacksonville  with  O.  A.  Delew  until 
his  death,  which  occurred  7  January,  1877.  Gifted  with  bright  mental  qual- 
ities, lie  was  a  leading  member  of  Phi  Alpha,  and  in  later  life  a  most 
promising  lawyer. 

474.  George  L.  Hamilton,  b.  22  October,  1848,  in  Morgan  county.  111. 
After  a  common  school  education  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  i86g  and 
remained  one  year,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to  leave.  He  has  fol- 
lowed various  occupations  but  principally  that  of  book-keeping.  Mr. 
Hamilton  is  now  farming  near  Orleans,  111. 

475.  James  Becraft  Gillham,  b.  23  October,  1849,  at  Merritt,  III.  After 
attending  the  Scott  county  public  schools  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  in 
1869  and  remained  one  year. 

476.  Edward  Thornton  Norbury,  b.  9  January,  1S50,  at  Beardstown,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Beardstown  he  entered  Whipple 
Academy  in  1869  and  remained  one  year.  In  1872  he  went  south  and 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  Houston  and  afterwards  at  Corrigan, 
Texas.  He  held  a  city  office  in  Houston.  Mr.  Norbury  died  9  October, 
18S4,  at  Corrigan.     Dr.  Frank  Norbury  (see  No.  683)  is  liis  brother. 

477.  James  N.  Brown,  b.  at  Boonville,  Mo.  After  a  common  school 
education  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  the  freshman  class  of  1S69-70  and 
remained  one  year.  He  studied  law  at  Jefferson  City  with  chief  justice 
Adams  of  the  Missouri  supreme  court.  Completing  his  study  at  Springfield, 
111.,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  is  now  residing  in  Carrollton,  111. 

478.  William  Henry  Culter,  b.  29  October,  184S.  at  Fincastle,  Brown 
CO.,  Ohio.  He  served  from  Sejatember,  i86i,  until  January,  1S63,  as  private 
in  company  B,  59th  Ohio  volunteer  infantr)'.  He  was  re-enlisted  on  i 
March,  1865,  as  private  in  company  E,  i4Sth  Indiana  volunteer  infantr)', 
and  was  mustered  out  on  15  September,  1S65.  In  1870  he  attended  the 
Jacksonville  Business  College  and  in  1871  Whipple  Academy.  Later  he 
taught  school  in  northeastern  Texas.  With  the  exception  of  these  years, 
since  the  war  Mr.  Culter  has  been  farming  near  Saidora,  Mason  co.,  111. 

1870-71 

479.  William  H.  Reynolds,  who  lived  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  attended 
Whipple  Academy  in  1S70-72. 

480.  W.  F.  Finch,  b.  18  Februarj-,  1S51,  at  Flora,  Clay  co..  111.  After  a 
common  school  education  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1869  and  re- 
mained one  year.  He  acted  as  agent  for  various  lines  of  business  until  1875, 
when  he  engaged  in  farming.     In  1879-80  he  held  the  office  of  town  clerk  of 


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Flora  and  was  also  school  treasurer  for  five  years.  Mr.  Finch  was  married, 
on  II  March,  1877,  to  Leviana  Kneff  and  is  the  father  of  five  children.  His 
home  is  now  at  Flora,  111. 

481.  Frank  Fisher  attended  Whipple  Academy  in  1S70-71,  coming  from 
Havana,  111. 

482.  William  Thompson  Grout,  b.  12  March.  1853,  at  Mechanicsburg, 
111.  He  moved  to  Jacksonville  in  1864  and  attended  the  district  schools 
and  Whipple  Academy,  prior  to  entering  Illinois  College  in  1870.  He  left 
in  March,  1S71,  and  spent  the  remainder  of  the  year  at  the  Jacksonville 
Business  College.  In  1S72-74  he  was  engaged  in  the  banking  business  at 
Taylorville,  111.,  and  in  1S74-80  he  followed  the  same  business  at  Mechanics- 
burg. In  1880-86  he  was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods,  boot  and  shoe  business 
at  Taylorville,  and  in  18S6-88  at  Edinburgh,  111.  Since  1888  Mr.  Grout  has 
been  in  the  hardware  business  at  Barr}',  111.  He  was  married  in  1875  to 
Georgia  Hall  of  Mechanicsburg  and  has  one  son  and  three  daughters. 

483.  James  R.  Ward,  coming  from  Godfrey,  111.,  attended  Whipple 
Academy  in  1870-71  and  entering  college,  was  graduated  in  1873  with  the 
degree  of  B.S.  After  studying  law  he  was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in 
1874.  In  1876-80  he  held  the  office  of  state's  attorney.  He  had  also  been 
city  attorney  of  Carrollton.  Since  1874  he  has  been  practicing  law  in  Car- 
rollton.  111. 

484.  George  Carlos  Ross,  b.  16  March,  1854,  at  Vermont,  Fulton  co..  111. 
After  studying  at  the  public  schools  of  Vermont  and  Macomb,  111.,  he 
entered  Whipple  Academy.  Entering  college  he  became  recording  secre- 
tary and  was  graduated  in  1873  with  the  philosophical  oration.  He  studied 
law  in  private  offices  in  Chicago  and  at  Michigan  University,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1875.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year  by  the 
supreme  court  of  Illinois  and  practiced  at  Macomb  for  one  year.  Mr.  Ross 
removed  to  Redwood  City,  Cal.,  in  1876,  where  he  has  since  been  engaged 
in  the  practice  of  law. 

485.  George  J.  Dorrell  came  from  Illiopolis,  111.,  and  attended  Whipple 
Academy  in  1871-72. 

486.  Hugh  Barr  Smith,  b.  10  July,  1853,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  at- 
tended the  city  public  schools  and  the  high  school,  was  a  member  of 
Dodd's  private  school,  and  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1869.  In  1871  he 
became  a  member  of  the  freshman  class  in  Illinois  College  and  left  without 
being  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1875.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  for  one  term 
the  office  of  treasurer.  Mr.  Smith  was  married  in  1888  to  Josephine  New- 
man of  Jacksonville.  From  1875  until  the  present  time  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  music  trade  in  Jacksonville. 

487.  Francis  Israel  McDonald,  b.  19  October,  1853,  at  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  city  public  schools  and  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1869.  He  was  graduated  in  1873  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 
Until  1883  he  was  engaged  in  the  Jacksonville  National  Bank,  holding  the 
office  of  cit}-  treasurer  one  term.  In  1883  he  went  to  Europe  to  regain  his 
health  but  without  success.  He  died  on  3  September,  1884,  soon  after  return- 
ing home.  Mr.  McDonald  was  a  young  man  of  rare  business  qualifications, 
a  kind  and  courteous  gentleman,  who  won  the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who 
knew  him.     E.  L.  (No.  440)  and  F.  A.  (No.  451)  are  his  brothers. 


lo6  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

488.  William  Brownell  Sanders,  b.  21  September,  1854,  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio.  He  received  his  preparatory  education  in  the  Jacksonville  high 
school  and  in  Whipple  Academy.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1870  and 
was  graduated  in  1873  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  with  the  appointment  of 
salutatorian.  In  the  society  he  was  vice-president  for  one  term.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  with  Judge  Dummer  of  Jacksonville  and  afterward 
attended  the  Albany  Law  School  where  he  was  graduated  in  1875.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  by  the  New  York  supreme  court  at  Albany  in  1875  and 
has  since  practiced  at  Cleveland,  Ohio.  In  February,  18S8,  he  was  appointed 
by  the  governor  of  Ohio  judge  of  the  court  of  Common  Pleas  to  fill  a 
vacancy,  and  in  November,  1S88,  was  elected  to  the  same  position  for  two 
years.  He  resigned  the  office  on  i  January,  i8go,  and  resumed  the  prac- 
tice of  law  with  the  firm  of  Squire,  Sanders  apd  Dcmpsey.  Mr.  Sanders 
was  married  in  18S4  to  Annie  E.  Otis  of  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

489.  Mathew  N.  Price,  wliose  home  was  in  Carrollton,  111.,  attended 
Whip])lc  .Vcadcniy  during  the  year  1871-72. 

490.  Peter  Robertson,  b.  15  December,  1844,  at  Donne,  Scotland.  After 
attending  the  parish  schools  in  the  village  of  Donne,  he  entered  Whipple 
Academy  in  1870  and  remained  one  year.  After  spending  a  short  time  at 
Knox  College,  Galesburg,  111.,  he  attended  the  National  school  of  Oratory 
of  Philadelphia,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1876.  In  1S76-S5  he  taught 
in  Cooper  Academy  at  Dayton,  Ohio.  In  1885  he  was  graduated  at  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Xenia,  Ohio.  After  having  charge  of  a  Presby- 
terian church  in  Paris,  Ky.,  he  entered  u[)on  his  present  pastorate,  that  of 
the  Mohawk  Presbyterian  Chapel,  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

491.  Eugene  Harrison  La  Feta  Swindler,  b  16  May,  1847,  at  Pekin, 
Ohio.  He  attended  the  common  schools  at  Magnolia,  111.,  and  came  to 
Illinois  College  in  1870,  where  he  remained  one  year.  In  1872-74  he  studied 
medicine  at  the  Michigan  University,  Ann  Arbor,  but  never  engaged  in  gen- 
eral practice.  He  was  in  the  general  insurance  business  at  Ottawa,  111.,  in 
1874-S6,  and  in  18S6-SS  pursued  the  same  business  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
He  is  now  special  agent  for  Hall's  Safe  and  Lock  Company  of  Cincinnati, 
his  field  being  the  western  half  of  Michigan.  He  was  married  in  1S74  to 
Orrie  Marshall  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  and  has  one  daughter. 

492.  Francis  Wyatt  Brown,  b.  16  June,  1854,  at  Boonville,  Mo.  He 
attended  tlic  public  sciiools  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1860-6S,  and  afterward 
private  schools  in  Missouri.  He  entered  the  junior  class  of  Illinois  College 
in  1871  and  left  in  1873.  Since  1875  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business,  being  first  at  Jacksonville,  then  for  two  years  at  New  Berlin,  111., 
six  years  at  Chicago,  111.,  and  three  years  at  Omaha,  Neb.,  where  he  is  at 
present.     He  was  married  in  1880  to  Jennie  S.  Bennett  and  has  two  sons. 

493.  William  C.  Sperry,  b.  17  October,  1853,  at  Waverly,  III.  A'fter  at- 
tending Whipple  Academy  two  years  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1872, 
and  remained  one  year.  In  1S74-76  he  attended  Hanover  College,  Indiana, 
but  was  compelled  to  leave  on  account  of  failing  eyesight.  In  1877-7S  Mr. 
Sperry  taught  school  in  Trumble  county,  Ky.,  and  in  1S79  he  served  as  deputy 
clerk  in  Morgan  county,  111.,  for  one  year.  In  1880  he  was  married  at  Jack- 
sonville to  Miss  Mary  Smith  and  is  the  father  of  four  children.  Since  his 
marriage  he  has  been  farming  near  Waverly,  111. 


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494.  Charles  Hammond  Hall,  b.  i  April,  1852,  at  Virginia,  Cass  co.,  111. 
He  attended  the  country  schools,  the  Jacksonville  district  schools,  and 
spent  one  year  in  the  Shattuck  grammar  school  at  Faribault,  Minn.  He  en- 
tered the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1870  and  left  in  1873.  After 
spending  one  year  in  the  Citizen's  National  Bank  of  Faribault,  Minn.,  he 
returned  to  Jacksonville  and  was  a  dry  goods  salesman  in  1874-82.  He  re- 
moved to  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  in  18S2,  where  he  has  since  resided.  For 
four  years  Mr.  Hall  was  proprietor  of  a  dry  goods  and  gentlemen's  furnish- 
ing house,  but  since  1886  has  been  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business. 

495.  Charles  Albert  Barnes,  b.  4  July,  1855,  at  Alton,  111.  He  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  received  his  early  education  in  the 

-city  schools.  After  spending  two  years  in  Whipple  Academy  he  entered 
Illinois  College  with  the  class  of  1876  and  pursued  the  studies  of  the  classi- 
cal course  until  the  middle  of  the  senior  year,  when  he  was  obliged  to  leave 
college  on  account  of  ill  health.  He  was  for  one  term  recording  secretary 
of  Phi  Alpha.  He  taught  a  common  school  in  Scott  county.  111.,  in  the 
spring  of  1876  and  went  to  Ann  Arbor  the  following  fall.  He  spent  one 
year  in  the  literary  and  one  in  the  law  department  of  Michigan  University, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1878.  He  continued  the  study  of  law  with  his 
brother,  Hon.  Wm.  H.  Barnes,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1B7S,  and  has  since 
been  practicing  in  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Barnes  was  elected  city  attornej'  in 
1882,  state's  attornej'  of  Morgan  county  in  1884  and  was  re-elected  in  1888. 
In  1889  he  was  married  to  Madge  G.  Martin  of  St.  Louis. 

496.  William  Jephtha  Ross  attended  the  Whipple  Academy  in  1870-72. 
At  that  time  his  home  was  in  Jacksoville,  111. 

497.  Charles  Henry  Dummer,  b.  i  January,  1856,  at  Beardstown,  111. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  spent  two  years  in 
Whipple  Academy  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  1872.  He  held  the 
offices  of  critic  and  president  in  the  society.  In  1876  he  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  the  appointment  of  salutatorian.  He  at  once  be- 
gan the  study  of  law  with  Dummer  and  Brown,  Jacksonville,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879.  He  has  since  practiced  in  Jacksonville,  where 
he  has  been  three  times  elected  city  attorney,  in  1880-84-S5.  Mr.  Dummer 
was  married  in  1884  to  Miss  Kate  Smith  of  Jacksonville  and  has  one  son 
and  one  daughter. 

498.  Albert  Moore,  coming  from  Griggsville,  111.,  was  a  student  in 
Whipple  Academy  in  1S70-71. 

499.  William  H.  Smith  came  from  Seneca,  Kansas,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1871  where  he  remained  until  the  end  of  the  junior  year. 

500.  Frank  Verry,  whose  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  111.,  entered  Whip- 
ple Academy  in  1870  and  remained  one  year. 

501.  Samuel  Fuller  Pomeroy,  b.  October,  1850,  at  Somers,  Conn.  He 
attended  the  Somers  high  school  in  1865-68  and  the  Wesleyan  Academy, 
Wilbraham,  Mass.,  in  1S68-70.  He  entered  the  junior  class  of  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1870  and  was  graduated  in  1872  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  taught 
school  at  Somers,  Conn.,  in  1868-69,  ^^  Mt.  Pleasant,  la.,  in  1872-73,  and  at 
Shenandoah,  la.,  in  1873-74.  He  began  farming  at  Shenandoah,  la.,  in  1873 
and  in  1875  entered  a  homestead  claim  near  Edgar,  Neb.,  where  he  is  now 


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engaged  in  farming.  He  has  also  been  interested  in  the  furniture  and  un- 
dertaking business  at  Edgar  since  1887.  Mr.  Pomeroy  was  married  in  1S80 
to  Alletta  H.  Di.xon,  daughter  of  Rev.  A.  M.  Dixon,  '36.  They  have  two 
daughters. 

1871-72 

502.  James  Weir  Elliott,  b.  5  July,  1S55,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  After  re- 
ceiving  a  preparatory  education  in  the  city  schools  and  Whipple  Academy,  he 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1871  and  remained  three  years.  Upon  leaving 
college  he  entered  the  banking  house  of  Hockenhull,  King,  and  Elliott, 
Jacksonville,  and  has  continued  there,  being  at  present  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Hockenhull  and  Elliott.  He  was  married  in  1878  to  Louisa  John- 
son of  Springfield,  111.,  and  is  the  father  of  five  children,  three  of  whom,  a 
son  and  two  daughters,  are  living. 

503.  William  M.  Hanback,  coming  from  Camp  Point,  111.,  was  a  stu- 
dent of  Whijiple  Academy  during  the  year  1871-72. 

504.  John  Ira  Million,  b.  7  December,  1851,  in  Morgan  county.  111.  He 
entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1870  and  Illinois  College  the  following  year. 
After  remaining  one  year  he  taught  school  two  years  in  Scott  county,  one 
year  in  Morgan  county,  and  two  years  in  Vernon  county,  Ky.  For  three 
years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  Kansas  City,  Ft.  Scott  and  Memphis 
railway  company.  He  was  then  engaged  for  seven  years  in  the  general 
merchandise  business.  In  1S79-S4  he  served  as  postmaster  of  Garland, 
Kas.,  and  was  re-appointed  in  iSSg.  Mr.  Million  is  also  interested  in  the 
grain  business  of  Garland. 

505.  John  Henry  Story,  b.  22  January,  1851,  at  Murrayville,  111.  He  at- 
tended the  district  school  of  Murrayville  and  entered  Whipple  Academy 
in  1870.  After  spending  one  year  in  the  academy  and  two  years  in  college, 
he  taught  school  one  winter  near  Murrayville.  He  studied  medicine  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1874-77,  and  has  since  been  a  practicing  physician  at 
Clarksville,  Mo.  He  is  also  a  farmer  and  breeder  of  trotting  horses.  Dr. 
Story  was  married  in  18S0  to  Mattie  A.  Goodman  of  Clarksville. 

506.  Hugh  Barr,  b.  3  March,  1853,  in  Carrollton,  111.  Removing  to 
Jacksonville  in  1861  he  attended  the  public  schools  and  the  high  school 
until  in  1871,  when  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College.  He 
left  college  two  years  later,  and  engaged  in  the  oyster  business  in  Jackson- 
ville. In  1882  he  transferred  his  business  to  Davenport,  la.,  where  he  has 
since  resided.  Mr.  Barr  married  Kate  Cassell  of  Jacksonville  in  February, 
1878,  and  is  the  father  of  one  son. 

507.  John  M.  Chapin  came  from  Atlanta,  111.,  and  was  a  student  in 
Whipple  Academy  during  the  year  1S71-72. 

508.  William  Justin  Harsha,  b.  20  April,  1853,  at  Hanover,  111.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  in  Chicago  in  1S61-65,  Palmer's  Academy  Chicago, 
in  1865-69  and  Whipple  Academy  in  1S69-70.  He  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1870  and  remained  two  years,  holding  the  office  of  secretary  in  the  society. 
In  1872-74  he  attended  Princeton  College  where  he  was  graduated  and  in 
1874-77  lit^  studied  at  the  McCormick  Theological  Seminary,  where  he  was 


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also  graduated.  Since  1877  Dr.  Harsha  has  been  pastor  of  the  First  Presby- 
terian church  of  Omaha,  Neb.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Pan-Presbyterian 
Alliance  which  met  in  London,  in  1888,  at  which  time  he  traveled  con- 
siderably in  Europe.  In  1889  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Par- 
son's College,  Iowa,  and  Lake  Forest  University,  111.  Since  his  pastorate 
in  Omaha,  Dr.  Harsha  has  written  extensively  for  the  religious  press.  The 
cause  of  the  Indian  tribes  in  northern  Nebraska  and  southern  Dakota  was 
upheld  by  him  in  the  New  York  "  Independent "  and  other  papers,  and  the 
Indian  problem  is  also  treated  by  him  in  two  books,  "  Ploughed  Under," 
and  "A  Timid  Brave."  He  has  also  written  a  story,  "  In  the  Similitude  of 
a  Palace,"  and  is  now  engaged  on  a  histor}^  of  home  missions  west  of  the 
-Mississippi. 

509.  Emanuel  Martin  Vasconcellas,  b.  4  March,  1852,  on  the  island  of 
Madeira.  He  came  to  Jacksonville,  111.,  1853  with  his  parents,  who  were 
fleeing  persecution  from  the  Catholic  church,  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion in  the  city  public  schools  and  in  Whipple  Academy.  He  entered  Illi- 
nois College  in  1872  and  left  in  1874.  After  spending  two  years,  1S74-76,  in 
Hanover  College  at  Hanover,  Ind.,  he  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  public 
schools  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  where  he  is  now  living.  Mr.  Vasconcellas  was 
married  in  1881  to  Carrie  Estaque  of  Jacksonville  and  has  one  son  and  three 
daughters. 

510.  Arthur  Edward  Prince,  b.  3  April,  1854,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  city  public  schools  and  the  Jacksonville 
high  school.  He  entered  the  junior  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1871  and 
was  graduated  in  1874  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  with  the  appointment  of  a 
philosophical  oration.  He  was  vice-president  of  the  society.  After  leaving 
Illinois  College  he  studied  medicine  in  the  University  of  New  York  for  one 
year.  He  then  went  to  Europe  and  spent  eighteen  months  in  the  Vienna 
University  pursuing  special  studies  relating  to  diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear. 
He  returned  to  Jacksonville  in  18S0  where  he  practiced  his  profession,  being 
associated  with  his  father  Dr.  David  Prince  in  the  Jacksonville  Sanitarium. 
He  was  appointed  special  medical  pension  examiner  in  1883  and  served  two 
years.  Dr.  Prince  was  married  in  1887  to  Charlotte  S.  Hitchcock  of  Spring- 
field, 111.,  and  has  one  daughter.  Since  the  death  of  his  father  in  1889  Dr. 
Prince  has  determined  to  build  and  manage  a  sanitarium  in  Springfield. 
It  has  already  been  begun  and  will  be  called  The  David  Prince  Sanitarium. 
Dr.  Prince's  brother.  Dr.  John  Prince,  will  be  associated  with  him. 

511.  Charles  E.  Neely,  b.  28  January,  1854,  at  Marion  City,  Mo.  He 
came  from  Whitehall,  111.,  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1871  and  remained 
one  year.  Mr.  Neely  is  now  engaged  in  the  banking  and  railroad  business 
at  Arkadelphia,  Ark.,  where  he  has  also  extensive  lumber  interests. 

512.  Theodore  Francis  Mosely,  b.  5  September,  1854,  at  Clyman,  Dodge 
CO.,  Wis.  After  a  common  school  education  he  attended  to  Blackburn  Uni- 
versity, Carlinville,  111.,  in  the  spring  term  of  1S70.  In  1871  he  entered 
Whipple  Academy  and  remained  three  years.  He  then  taught  school  in 
Sangamon  county  and  entering  Illinois  College  in  1875,  was  graduated  in 
1880  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  After  graduation  he  taught  in  the  Arkansas 
Institution   for    Deaf    Mutes   from    1880  to  1884.      He  was  married  on  17 


no  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

February,  i38i,  at  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  and  is  the  father  of  two  sons.  In  1885 
he  was  engaged  in  the  newspaper  and  publishing  business  and  in  1S86-87  was 
agent  for  a  life  insurance  company.  Since  1888  Mr.  Mosely  has  been  a 
teacher  in  the  Nebraska  Institution  for  Deaf  Mutes. 

513.  Charles  Isaac  McCollister,  b.  19  August,  1848,  at  Clayton,  la.  In 
1854-58  he  attended  public  schools  in  Iowa,  Illinois,  and  Missouri.  In  1S71 
he  entered  Whipple  Academy  and  remained  one  year.  In  1870-74  he  taught 
in  the  public  schools  of  Jersey  county,  111.,  with  the  exception  of  the  j-ear 
1871-72.  Mr.  McCollister  has  since  been  engaged  in  farming  near  White 
Hall,  111.  He  was  married  in  1874  to  Lucy  North  of  White  Hall,  and  has 
four  children.  In  18S6  he  was  republican  nominee  for  sheriff'  of  Green 
county.  For  the  past  ten  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Green  county 
agricultural  board,  and  in  1S81-82  was  president  of  the  same.  He  is  also 
crop  reporter  for  the  state  board  of  agriculture. 

514.  William  Martin  Johnson,  b.  6  April,  1851,  at  Jacksonville.  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Bloomington,  Quincy,  and  Decatur  he 
studied  at  Chaddock  College,  Ouincy,  in  1S67-71.  In  1871,  he  entered  Illi- 
nois College.  He  was  unanimously  nominated  for  president  of  Phi  Alpha 
but  declined.  In  1873  he  was  graduated  with  the  valedictory.  In  1S74  he 
entered  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Boston  University  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1876.  Since  his  graduation  he  has  been  a  minister  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  having  held  charges  in  Auburn,  III.,  in  Cali- 
fornia, and  in  Atlanta,  111.  In  1889  Mr.  Johnson  came  to  Jacksonville  where 
he  is  now  pastor  of  the  Brooklyn  church. 

515.  Corey  Edward  Paxson,  b.  in  Pike  county.  111.,  13  October,  1853. 
He  spent  ten  years  of  his  early  life  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville, 
111.,  and  two  years  in  the  St.  Louis  high  school.  He  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1871  and  remained  two  years.  On  31  December,  1879,  he  was  married  to 
Kate  B.  Lampton  of  St.  Louis,  by  whom  he  has  had  four  children,  three  of 
whom  are  now  living.  Mr.  Paxson  has  been  engaged  in  Christian  work  in 
the  states  of  Illinois,  Missouri,  New  York  and  Texas,  since  1880.  He  has 
held  the  position  of  secretary  of  the  Kansas  City  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  six  months, 
and  has  been  engaged  in  evangelistic  work  in  Missouri  and  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
for  two  )'ears  and  a  half.  At  present  he  is  keeping  books  for  the  Bemis  Bag 
company,  St.  Louis,  while  carrying  on  city  missionary  work  at  the  same 
time. 

516.  Reuben  W.  Steckman,  b.  30  November,  1S49,  in  Bedford  county. 
Pa.  After  attending  the  public  schools  at  Mt.  Sterling,  111.,  he  entered  the 
freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1871.  Leaving  college  the  next  year, 
he  taught  a  country  school  in  Brown  county,  111.,  and  later  in  Grundy  and  in 
Mercer  counties,  Mo.  He  farmed  in  the  same  counties  from  1872  to  1879. 
In  1879  he  removed  to  Princeton,  Mo.,  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  C. 
M.  Wright  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  March,  iS£2.  Mr.  Steckman  held 
the  office  of  probate  judge  of  Mercer  county  for  eight  years,  commencing 
in  1879.  In  1874  he  married  Melvina  Harris  of  Brown  county.  111.,  by 
%vhom  he  has  three  daughters,  and  two  sons.  Mr.  Steckman  is  one-half 
owner  and  one  of  the  managers  of  "The  People's  Press,"  a  weekly  demo- 
cratic newspaper  published  at  Princeton. 


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517.  Richard  M.  Fuller,  b.  in  Jersey  county,  111.  He  entered  Whipple 
Academy  in  1871  where  he  remained  one  year.  After  attending  the  state 
normal  school  at  Normal,  111.,  he  taught  school  at  Newbern,  Jersey  co.,  in 
1S75.  In  1S77  he  removed  to  Wichita,  Kan.,  and  engaged  in  mercantile 
business.  In  the  fall  of  1879  during  the  mining  excitement  he  went  to 
Leadville,  and  the  following  six  years  he  spent  in  the  mining  districts  of 
Colorado  and  New  Mexico.  Mr.  Fuller  returned  to  Kansas  in  1886,  and 
settled  at  St.  John,  Stafford  co.,  where  he  now  carries  on  a  real  estate  and 
loan  business. 

518.  Joseph  Lathrop,  b.  12  July,  1855,  at  South  Hadley  Falls,  Mass. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  and  Hannibal   Institution   at   Hannibal, 

-Mo.,  he  came  to  Illinois  College  in  1S72.  In  1873  he  left  college  and  en- 
tered Cornell  University,  where  he  remained  one  year.  In  1875-76  he  en- 
gaged in  the  coal  business  in  Illinois  and  Missouri,  and  in  1877-80  he  dealt 
in  produce  and  grain  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Since  1881  Mr.  Lathrop  has  been 
engaged  in  the  railroad  business  in  Chicago. 


1872-73 

519.  Joseph  Merriam  Grout,  b.  21  September,  1855,  in  Sangamon  county, 
111.  He  attended  the  common  schools  at  Mechanicsburg,  Taylorville,  and 
Jacksonville,  111.,  and  HoUiston,  Mass.,  and  in  1870-72  was  in  Whipple 
Academy.  In  1872  he  began  the  classical  course  in  Illinois  College  and 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '76  and  afterwards  was  made  master  of  arts. 
He  served  Phi  Alpa  as  librarian,  chaplain  and  recording  secretary.  In  1877 
he  studied  law  with  Hay,  Green  and  Littler  of  Springfield,  111.,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  the  summer  of  1879  he  married  Flora 
Grubb  of  Springfield,  and  is  the  father  of  two  children.  Mr.  Grout  in  1884 
was  the  republican  candidate  for  the  legislature  and  served  two  terms  as 
city  attorney  of  Springfield,  where  he  is  now  practicing  law. 

520.  Carl  Ed'win  Epler,  b.  20  November,  1857,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  In 
1871  he  entered  Whipple  Academy,  after  two  years  in  the  city  high  school^ 
and  in  1872  entered  college.  While  active  in  the  society  he  held  the 
offices  of  treasurer  and  corresponding  secretary.  He  was  graduated  in  1876, 
delivering  the  valedictory.  After  studying  at  Yale  one  year  during  which 
he  received  the  degree  of  M.A.,  he  read  law  with  his  father,  Judge  Cyrus 
Epler,  in  Jacksonville.  He  studied  in  the  Law  department  of  the  University 
of  Michigan  in  1877-79,  Upon  being  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1879  he  began 
practice  in  Ouincy,  111.,  where  he  has  continued  ever  since,  excepting  the 
winter  of  1885-86  which  he  spent  in  Chicago.  Mr.  Epler  was  city  attorney 
of  Quincy  for  three  terms,  from  1881  to  1S83. 

521.  John  Adams  Glover,  b.  1856,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  After  studying  in 
the  Jacksonville  high  school  and  also  at  Wabash  College,  Crawfordsville, 
Ind.,  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1870  and  two  years  later  Illinois 
College.  In  the  society  he  held  the  position  of  critic.  He  left  college  in 
1876  and  accepted  a  place  on  the  "  Jacksonville  Journal  "  and  later  was  on 
the  "  Peoria   Transcript."     Since   1879  he  has   been  in   the    service  of  the 


112  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

Indianapolis,  Decatur,  and  Western  railway  and  the  Indianapolis,  Bloora- 
ington,  and  Western  railway,  his  home  being  at  Urbana,  111.  Mr.  Glover 
in  March  1890  became  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  reorganized  Ohio, 
Indiana,  and  Western  railway.  In  1884  he  married  Clara  L.  Wood  of 
Indianapolis,  and  has  one  son. 

522.  Edward  Augustus  Ayers,  b.  20  December,  1855,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  After  attending  tlic  city  high  school  and  Whipple  Academy  in  1873  he 
entered  Illinois  College.  In  1877  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 
and  with  the  appointment  of  salutatorian,  and  afterwards  received  the  degree 
of  M..^..  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  treasurer  and  president. 
He  completed  a  course  of  medicine  at  the  University  of  New  York  City  in 
1880  and  has  since  practiced  in  the  same  place.  Dr.  Ayers  holds  the 
position  of  instructor  in  obstetrics  in  the  New  York  Pol3'clinic  School  for 
physicians,  and  since  1884  has  been  professor  of  anatomy  and  expression  in 
the  Metropolitan  Art  School  of  New  York  City.  He  is  now  also  managing 
a  small  private  hospital. 

523.  William  D.  Reaugh,  b.  June,  1850,  in  Morgan  county,  111.  He 
attended  the  state  normal  school  and  Whipple  Academy  one  term.  In 
1871  he  became  a  frfeshman  in  Illinois  College  and  remained  until  the 
spring  of  1874.  For  one  term  he  was  chaplain  of  Phi  Alpha.  He  then 
taught  school  near  Jacksonville  for  one  year,  also  in  1880-81  at  Grand 
Island,  Neb.,  in  1S84  in  Beadle  county.  Dak.,  and  in  1885  in  Kingsbury, 
county,  Dak. 

524.  Alexander  M.  Wright  came  from  Barry,  111.,  and  attended  Whipple 
Academy  one  year. 

525.  Jacob  Mack-Sholl,  b.  23  September,  1851,  in  Winchester,  Ohio. 
During  1867-69  he  attended  Monmouth  College,  111.,  and  in  the  fall  of  1872 
entered  Illinois  College,  where  he  remained  one  year.  In  1879  he  was 
married  to  Elizabeth  Wilson  of  Carthage,  to  whom  two  daughters  have  been 
born.  Since  leaving  college  he  has  been  in  the  hardware  business  at  Carth- 
age and  in  1885-86  was  supervisor  of  the  Carthage  township. 

526.  Erra  W,  White  entered  Illinois  College  in  1872,  and  remained 
only  one  year.     His  home  was  in  Jacksonville. 

527.  Albert  Clark  Rice,  b.  3  January,  1853,  near  Winchester,  111.  After 
attending  the  Jacksonville  high  school  for  two  years,  in  1872  he  entered  the 
junior  class  of  Illinois  College  and  in  1874  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  B.S.  For  nine  years  he  taught  in  the  district  schools  of  Morgan  county 
and  now  owns  and  cultivates  a  farm  in  the  western  part  of  the  same  county. 
Since  1885  he  has  been  one  of  the  school  directors  of  his  district. 

528.  Edward  H.  Askew,  b.  14  March,  1856,  near  Bethel,  Morgan  co., 
111.  After  receiving  his  early  education  at  the  Walnut  Grove  district  school, 
in  1872  he  was  admitted  to  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College.  He 
continued  there  a  short  time  and  then  studied  law  with  Hattield  and 
Ketcham  of  Jacksonville,  and  in  1S80  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  Mt.  Vernon, 
III.  He  later  removed  to  Norborne,  Carroll  co.,  Mo.,  where  he  is  at  present 
living. 

529.  Frederick  Clifford  Turner,  b.  25  October,  1855,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools  and  in   Whipple  Academy, 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  II  3 

and  became  in  1872  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  the  class  of  '76,  having  been  secretary,  vice- 
president  and  president  of  Phi  Alpha.  Since  1876  he  has  been  engaged 
in  the  real  estate  business  extending  over  several  states  and  is  largely  an 
agent  for  eastern  parties,  his  home  being  in  Jacksonville..  In  September, 
1881,  he  married  Elizabeth  E.  Alexander,  and  they  have  one  child. 

530.  Edwrard  Cross  was  born  in  Jerseyville,  III.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Jerseyville  and  in  1S73  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy. 
He  left  after  one  year  of  study  and  in  1884  accepted  the  position  of  cashier 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Jerseyville. 

531.  Daniel  Field  Raum,  b.  10  February,  1857,  at  Golconda,  Pope  co.,  111. 
-He  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  the  same  place  and 
in  Whipple  Academy.  In  1S72  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College, 
where  he  completed  his  sophomore  year.  In  1876  he  began  the  study  of 
law  with  Hon.  G.  B.  Raum,  and  in  187S  was  graduated  from  the  law  school 
of  the  Columbian  University  at  Washington,  D.  C.  Immediately  after  his 
admission  to  the  bar  in  1878  he  was  employed  for  two  years  in  the  treasury 
department  at  Washington,  and  in  1881  he  settled  in  Peoria,  111.,  where  he 
has  since  practiced.  In  the  winter  of  1888  Mr,  Raum  married  Rae  Copley 
of  Aurora,  111. 

532.  Joseph  Bankman  Connell,  b.  i  June,  1856.  He  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1S72  and  served  one  term  as  recording  secretary  in  Phi  Alpha. 
At  graduation  in  1876  he  delivered  a  philosophical  oration,  receiving  the 
degree  of  B.S.  In  1878  he  was  graduated  from  the  law  department  of  the 
University  of  Michigan,  after  which  he  practiced  in  Waverly  and  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  In  Waverly  he  held  for  a  time  the  position  of  city  attorney.  Mr. 
Connell  later  attended  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago,  and  in  1887  was 
graduated  from  the  Medical  College  of  Kansas  City,  where  he  is  at  present 
a  practicing  physician.  In  1888  Dr.  Connell  married  Carrie  McVeyandhas 
one  daughter. 

1873-74 

533.  Charles  Standart  Sanders,  b.  14  February,  1858,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  obtained  his  preparatorj'  education  in  the  public  schools  and  Whipple 
Academy,  and  in  1875  entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1879 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  treasurer.  For 
five  years  after  his  graduation  he  was  in  the  broker,  real  estate  and  insur- 
ance business  in  Jacksonville,  and  in  1887  entered  the  engineer  corps  of  the 
Missouri  River  railroad.  Since  the  fall  of  1889  he  has  acted  as  assistant  in 
the  claim  department  of  the  Burlington  railroad  at  Lincoln,  Neb.,  where  he 
at  present  resides. 

534.  Frank  Edwin  Smith,  b.  27  October,  1856,  at  Derry,  N.  H.  The 
public  schools  of  Seneca,  Kan.,  and  Whipple  Academy  afforded  him  an  early 
education,  and  in  1875  he  entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  with 
the  class  of  '78  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  and  was  for  two  years  librarian  of  Phi 
Alpha.  After  .leaving  college  he  attended  Harvard  for  one  year,  and 
Columbia  Law  School  in  1880-81.     During  vacations  he  studied  with  Luke 

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114  P"'    ALPHA    SOCIETV. 

A.  Lockwood  of  New  York  City,  and  after  graduation  with  Everest  and 
Waggoner  of  Atchison,  Kan.  In  iSSi  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Seneca, 
Kan.,  where  he  practiced  during  the  following  year.  Mr.  Smith  then  became 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Union  Phosphate  Mining  company  and  still 
retains  this  position.  In  the  spring  of  1883  he  married  Flora  A.  Gibbons 
and  is  the  father  of  two  boys. 

535-  George  J,  Dorrell,  b.  13  July,  1S52,  in  Rockcastle  county,  Ky.  He 
gained  a  preparatory  education  in  the  district  schools  and  after  teaching  in 
Sangamon  county  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1873.  Without  com- 
pleting the  course  he  left  to  read  law  with  Stewart,  Edwards,  and  Brown  in 
Springfield,  111.,  and  in  1875-77  studied  law  at  Ann  Arbor.  He  than  began 
to  practice  his  profession  in  Cambridge,  O.,  where  he  remained  until  1884. 
He  then  returned  to  Springfield,  111.,  where  he  has  since  lived.  While  in 
Ohio,  Mr.  Dorrell  was  candidate  for  state's  attorney. 

536.  William  Gallaher  Russel,  b.  30  April,  185S,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  and  Whipple  Academy,  and 
in  1873  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College.  He  left  college  in  1S74  and 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  for  three  years.  Since  1878  he  has  been 
farming  near  Woodson,  Morgan  co..  111.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  married 
Virginia  A.  Martin  of  Perry,  Mo.     They  have  four  children. 

537-  Walter  Scott  Rice,  b.  23  May,  1854,  in  Scott  county.  111.  He 
attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native  county  and  for  one  year  Whipple 
Academy.  After  studying  two  years  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school,  in  the 
fall  of  1873  he  became  a  mem.ber  of  the  freshman  class  in  Illinois  College, 
and  received  the  degree  of  B.S.  on  his  graduation  in  1S75.  He  was  once 
candidate  for  county  commissioner  of  Morgan  county.  In  1S76  he  married 
Fannie  Reynolds  and  is  the  father  of  two  children.  Mr.  Rice  has  been  con- 
stantly engaged  in  farming  since  1875  near  Chapin,  Morgan  co.,  where  he 
still  resides. 

538.  Charles  Henry  Ward,  b.  8  June,  1854,  in  Bloomington,  111.  He 
studied  in  the  Bloomington  public  schools  and  became  a  student  in  Illinois 
College  in  1873,  leaving  in  the  following  year.  He  was  engaged  in  the  book 
and  stationery  business  from  1875  to  1886  and  ever  since  the  former  year 
he  has  been  special  agent  for  the  Traveler's  Insurance  company.  Since  1886 
he  has  also  been  notary  public  in  the  city  of  Jacksonville.  In  1880  Mr. 
Ward  married  Julia  E.  Lathrop  of  Jacksonville.  He  has  two  children,  a 
son  and  daughter. 

539.  Frederic  Bennett  Dubach,  b.  30  March,  1857,  in  Davenport,  la. 
His  early  education  he  received  in  the  public  schools  of  Hannibal,  Mo.,  and 
in  the  fall  of  1873  he  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy,  where  he  re- 
mained for  one  year.  He  was  graduated  from  Yale  University  in  1878. 
Since  then  he  has  been  actively  conducting  a  lumber  business  in  Hannibal. 

540.  Robert  Jenning  Cook,  b.  5  November,  1851,  in  St.  Clair  county, 
111.  lie  attended  McKendrcc  College,  Lebanon,  111.,  in  1871-72,  and  came 
to  Illinois  College  in  1873  and  left  in  the  following  year.  He  is  now  en- 
gaged in  farming  at  Highland,  111.  In  1875  Mr.  Cook  married  Miss  Annie 
M.  LasU'v  and  is  the  father  of  five  boys. 

541.  Edward  E.   Epler,  b.   near  Virginia,   Cass  co..   III.      His   earliest 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  II5 

education  he  received  in  the  district  schools  of  his  county  and  in  1S73  he 
became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  but  left  after  the  completion  of  one 
year.  After  attending  college  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  1876-79,  he  spent  the 
next  year  in  the  study  of  law  in  Winnemucca,  Nev.  In  1881-82  he  was 
interested  in  silver  mining  in  Nevada  and  in  1S83-86  was  in  the  cattle  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Epler  soon  after  devoted  his  attention  to  real  estate  transactions 
and  is  now  engaged  in  that  business  in  Stockton,  Cal. 

542.  James  H.  Swope,  Astoria,  111.,  attended  the  Jacksonville  Business 
College  and  the  year  following,  having  removed  to  Ipava,  111.,  entered 
Whipple  Academy.  He  left  after  one  year  and  later  changed  his  place  of 
residence. 

-  543.  William  Wallace  Carter,  b.  22  February,  1S54,  near  Jacksonville,  III. 
He  was  a  student  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school,  and  Whipple  Academy, 
and  in  1874  entered  Illinois  College.  He  remained  out  two  years  and  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  '80  receiving  the  degree  of  B.S.,  and  in  1882 
taught  a  district  school  near  Concord,  Morgan  co.,  111.  In  the  spring  of 
1885  he  married  Kitty  Sibert  of  Jacksonville  and  the)'  have  one  girl.  He  is 
now  engaged  in  farming  a  few  miles  distant  from  Jacksonville. 

544.  Daniel  H.  Fernandes,  b.  25  September,  1854,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  an  early  education  in  the  city  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  one  year's 
attendance  at  Whipple  Academy,  in  1872  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of 
Illinois  College  but  did  not  complete  the  3^ear.  For  the  three  following  years 
he  was  a  student  at  Hanover  College,  Indiana.  He  then  pursued  a  course  in 
medicine  at  Butler  University  and  was  graduated  in  1S82.  Mr.  Fernandes 
was  a  phj'sician  for  seven  years  and  in  the  meantime  was  preparing  for  the 
law.  In  1889  he  received  admission  to  the  bar  of  Madison  county,  Ind., 
where  he  is  now  practicing.  Mr.  Fernandes  married  in  1879  Clara  M. 
Robertson,  and  is  the  father  of  one  child. 

545.  Charles  S.  Titus  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1873  and  continued 
for  one  year.     His  home  was  in  New  York  City. 

546.  William  Thomas  Dodsworth,  b.  29  November,  1858,  near  Franklin, 
111.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Morgan  county  schools  and 
spent  one  year  in  Whipple  Academy.  Becoming  a  student  in  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1873  he  was  graduated  in  1876.  Since  graduation  he  has  been 
engaged  in  stock  raising  and  farming  near  Franklin.  In  1S80  Mr. 
Dodsworth  married  Miss  S.  F.  Scott.     They  have  three  boys  and  one  girl. 

1874-75 

547.  Amos  Morris  Collins,  b.  25  November,  1857,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Before  entering  Illinois  College  he  attended  the  Washington  University 
of  St.  Louis,  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  Abbott's  Academy, 
Hartford,  Conn.,  and  Whipple  Academy.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1875  and  completed  his  freshman  year.  From  187S  to  18S3  he  was  engaged 
in  farming  near  Creston,  la.  In  1879  he  married  Charlotte  B.  Young  of 
Creston  and  their  only  daughter  died  when  about  two  years  of  age.  He 
was  in  the  insurance  business  from  1883  to  1886,  at  which  time  he  became 
city  clerk  of  Creston  and  clerk  of  the  superior  court  for  one  year.     From 


Il6  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

1887  to  the  present  time  he  has  been  clerk  for  E.  W.  Blatchford  and  company 
of  Chicago. 

548.  Robert  McMackin  Hockenhull,  b.  31  December,  1S57,  in  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  city  schools  and  in  Whipple 
Academy.  In  the  fall  of  1875  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1879  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  filled  the 
offices  of  treasurer  and  corresponding  secretary  while  active  in  Phi  Alpha. 
In  1879  he  married  Ida  May  Weagley  of  Waverly  and  has  one  child.  Since 
his  graduation  Mr.  Hockenhull  has  been  engaged  in  the  banking  house  of 
Hockenhull  and  Elliott  in  Jacksonville. 

549.  John  Wallace  Springer,  b.  19  July,  1859,  in  Jacksonville,  III.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  and  Whipple  Academy  and  in  1874  entered 
Illinois  College.  After  one  )'ear  he  went  to  Asburj'  University,  Ind.,  where 
he  was  graduated  in  1878.  He  then  studied  law  with  his  father  in  Jackson- 
ville until  1S80,  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  has  since  been  prac- 
ticing in  Jacksonville  in  the  firm  of  Springer  and  Dummer.  In  the  house 
of  representatives  of  the  50th  Congress,  Mr.  Springer  was  clerk  of  the  com- 
mittee on  territories. 

550.  Howard  O.  Greene  of  Prentice,  111.,  entered  Illinois  College  in  1873 
as  a  freshman  and  continued  for  three  years,  leaving  when  a  senior.  Since 
then  he  has  removed  from  Prentice. 

551.  John  Kent  Sanders,  b.  22  January,  1858,  in  Cleveland,  O.  He 
received  his  preparatory  education  at  the  central  high  school  of  that  city 
and  in  1875  entered  the  freshmen  class  of  Illinois  College.  After  being 
graduated  in  the  class  of  '79  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  he  attended  the  Homeo- 
pathic Hospital  college  of  Cleveland  until  1881,  where  he  took  the  degree 
of  M.D.  During  the  next  year  Mr.  Sanders  attended  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Western  Reserve  University,  that  of  the  University  of  Berlin  in 
1882-83,  the  Ecole  de  Medicine,  Paris,  in  the  summer  of  18S2,  the  University 
of  Leipsig  in  the  same  year,  and  then  the  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital 
London.  Since  1884  he  has  been  practicing  medicine  in  Cleveland  and  is 
visiting  surgeon  at  Huron  Street  Hospital  and  also  professor  of  obstetrics 
and  lecturer  on  microscopy  and  histology  at  the  Homeopathic  Hospital  Col- 
lege of  Cleveland.  In  the  fall  of  1S86  Dr.  Sanders  was  married  to  Nellie 
Louise  Otis  of  Cleveland. 

552.  Charles  Samuel  Rannells,  b.  5  December,  1858,  at  Pisgah,  Mor- 
gan CO.,  111.  He  attended  tiic  district  schools  and  Whipple  Academy  and 
in  1875  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  with  the 
class  of  '79,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  acted  for  one 
term  as  president.  Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  as  a  live  stock 
dealer  and  farmer  at  Pisgah.  In  18S5  Mr.  Rannells  was  elected  trustee  of 
Illinois  College.  He  was  married  in  1880  to  Miss  May  Stevenson  of  Orleans, 
111. 

553.  William  P.  Rice,  b.  S  March,  1S51,  in  Cass  county.  111.  He  at- 
tended tlie  district  schools  near  his  home  and  in  1874  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege. During  the  year  1876-77  he  left  college  and  spent  the  winter  months 
at  the  Jacksonville  Business  College.  The  ne.xt  year  he  re-entered  and 
in  1879  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.S.     He  held  the  office  of  libra- 


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rian  in  Phi  Alpha.  After  graduation  he  farmed  near  Jacksonville  until 
1881,  when  he  went  to  Colorado  and  engaged  in  mining.  In  1883  he  be- 
came clerk  in  a  general  store  at  Central  Cit}-,  Col.  Mr.  Rice  returned  to 
Jacksonville  in  1SS4  and  has  been  since  then  managing  a  farm  west  of  the 
city. 

554.  Augustus  Deaton  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  in  1873 
and  left  in  the  fall  term  of  the  next  year.  His  home  at  that  time  was  in 
Jacksonville,  111. 

555.  Milton  G.  Ellis,  b.  4  April,  1857,  at  Lexington,  McLean  co.,  111. 
He  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  after- 
wards moved  to  Maroa,  111.     In  1874  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  and  in 

'1875  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  but  left  the  same  year. 

556.  Emanuel  Dickey  Block,  b.  21  April,  1855,  at  Troy,  Mo.  He  studied 
in  the  St.  Louis  high  school  and  the  Washington  University,  St.  Louis,  before 
entering  Illinois  College  in  1S74.  In  the  society  he  held  the  positions  of 
corresponding  secretary  and  vice-president.  He  was  graduated  in  1876  with 
the  degree  of  B.A.,  and  then  studied  in  the  St.  Louis  Medical  College  until 
1878.  Since  that  time  he  has  practiced  medicine  at  Black  Jack,  St.  Louis 
CO.,  Mo. 

557.  Henry  Bush,  b.  20  February,  1857,  in  Pittstield,  111.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Pittsfield  and  from  Kemper's  family 
school  in  Boonville,  Mo.,  and  in  1S74  became  a  junior  in  Illinois  College 
and  remained  one  year.  After  studying  law  with  W.  A.  Grimshaw  of  Pitts- 
field,  111.,  he  was  in  1881  admitted  to  practice  at  Springfield.  In  1886  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Edward  Doocy,  (see  No.  456)  count}' judge  of  Pike 
county,  with  whom  he  is  still  associated  in  business.  Mr.  Bush  is  also  a 
dealer  in  books  and  stationery  at  Pittsfield,  111. 

558.  H.  DeLoss  Grigsby,  b.  in  Pittsfield,  111.  After  attending  the  lUi- 
nois  Industrial  University  he  became  a  member  of  the  junior  class  of 
Illinois  College  in  1874  but  left  the  following  year.  He  then  attended  the 
law  department  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1878.  The  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Illinois  and 
settled  in  Pittsfield,  where  he  is  at  present  living. 

559.  William  Ross  Kellogg,  b.  26  October,  1857,  in  Pittsfield,  111. 
After  receiving  his  early  education  at  the  public  schools  of  that  place  he 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1874  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '76, 
receiving  the  degree  of  B.S.  Mr.  Kellogg  is  now  editor  and  publisher  of 
the  "Jamestown  Daily  Alert,"  of  Jamestown,  N.  D. 

560.  John  C.  Sutton,  b.  16  October,  1855,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  en- 
tered Whipple  Academy  in  1874  and  remained  one  j^ear.  In  1878  he  was 
graduated  in  medicine  from  the  University  of  the  City  of  New  York  and 
practiced  later  in  Fairfield,  la.,  and  Minneapolis,  Minn.  After  an  interval 
of  four  years  spent  in  farming  and  stock  raising,  in  18S8  he  resumed  the 
practice  of  medicine  at  his  present  home  in  St.  Paul,  Howard  co..  Neb. 

561.  Henry  Elliott,  b.  12  March,  i860,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  His  pre- 
liminary education  was  gained  at  the  public  schools  and  Whipple  Acad- 
emy.    In  1873  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  served   Phi  Alpha  as  critic 


Il8  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

and  vice-president.  After  graduating  with  the  class  of  '77  with  the  saluta- 
torj-  and  degree  of  B.A.,  he  became  a  law  student  at  Harvard.  He  then  at- 
tended the  Boston  Polytechnic  Institute  and  for  two  years  the  Miguel 
University,  Santa  Fe,  N.  M.  In  1883  Mr.  Elliott  served  as  a  private  in 
quelling  the  uprising  of  the  Nabajo  Indians  in  New  Mexico,  and  was  for 
five  years  employed  in  the  material  department  of  the  Mexican  Central 
railroad.  Since  1SS8  Mr.  Elliott  has  been  engaged  as  an  architect  in  Jack- 
sonville, 111. 

562.  John  L.  Johnson,  b.  25  December,  1857,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
received  his  preparatory  schooling  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and 
Whipple  Academy  and  in  1S75  entered  Illinois  College.  He  left  college  in 
1877  and  immediately  engaged  in  the  furniture  and  stove  business  with  the 
firm  of  Johnson  and  Sons,  Jacksonville,  of  which  he  is  still  a  partner. 

563.  William  A.  Graves  entered  Illinois  College  in  1S74  as  a  junior 
but  left  in  his  senior  year.     He  then  lived  in  Jacksonville,  111. 

564.  Hardin  Wallace  Parker,  b.  4  March,  1854,  at  Griggsville,  III. 
After  attending  the  high  school  of  his  native  town  he  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1874  and  remained  but  a  short  time.  The  following  year  he  finished 
a  course  at  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  and  then  began  business  at 
Valley  City,  Pike  co..  111.,  and  afterwards  moved  to  Baylis,  Pike  co.,  where 
he  is  now  living. 

565.  A.  D.  Kyle  came  from  Emporia,  Kan.,  and  entered  Whipple  Acad- 
emy in  1874.     He  remained  for  one  year. 

1875-76 

566.  Thomas  K.  Ensminger,  b.  11  December,  1856,  in  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
He  removed  to  Jacksonville  in  1864  and  was  graduated  from  the  high 
school  in  1875.  The  same  year  he  entered  Illinois  College  as  a  freshman, 
taking  the  classical  course.  He  continued  two  years  and  then  became  book- 
keeper in  his  father's  office.  In  18S0  he  became  a  partner  with  his  father  in 
the  grain  business.  He  invested  in  real  estate  in  Seattle,  Wash.,  and  is  now 
engaged  in  looking  after  his  interests  there,  although  Jacksonville  is  still 
his  home. 

567.  Mathew  Lee  Goff,  b.  at  Sweetwater,  Menard  co.,  111.  After  attend- 
ing Williams  College,  Liberty,  Mo.,  and  the  Chicago  University,  in  1875  he 
entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College,  being  successively  critic, 
recording  secretary  and  president  of  Phi  Alpha.  In  187S  he  left  college  and 
became  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Berlin,  Sangamon  co.,  111.,  and  in 
1880,  after  one  year  at  Morgan  Park  Seminar)',  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the 
Baptist  church  at  Lockport,  111.,  and  later  of  that  at  Morris,  Groundy  co., 
111.  Mr.  Goff  was  compelled  to  resign  his  charge  on  account  of  poor  health 
and  is  now  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  at  Morris. 

568.  George  Little  Crocker,  b.  11  March,  1856,  at  Maroa,  111.  He 
obtained  his  earliest  instruction  in  the  public  schools  of  Maroa.  In  1875 
he  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College  and  was  graduated  in  18S0  with  the 
degree  of  B.A.  In  the  fall  of  1880  he  married  Lizzie  Grimes  at  Canton,  III., 
and  is  now  the  father  of  two  children.     He  has  recently  been  attending  the 


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Chicago  Veterinary  College  and  is  also  interested  in  banking  and  in  the 
grain  business  at  Maroa. 

569.  John  Frank  Downing,  b.  24  August,  1854,  in  Virginia,  Cass  co.,  111. 
He  came  to  Illinois  College  from  the  Virginia  high  school  and  completed 
the  scientific  course,  being  graduated  with  the  class  of  '79.  He  served  suc- 
cessively as  vice-president  and  president  of  the  society.  After  graduation 
he  was  engaged  in  a  bank  in  Virginia  until  1SS2,  when  he  removed  to  Kan- 
sas City,  Mo.  For  three  years  he  was  in  Armour's  bank  and  then  began 
the  real  estate  and  loan  business.  In  1881  he  married  Martha  B.  Collins  of 
Jacksonville,  111.,  who  died  in  the  fall  of  1889,  leaving  two  children.  In 
1889  Mr.  Downing  again  began  banking  as  a  member  of  the  New  England 

-Safe  Deposit  and  Trust  Company,  Kansas  City.     He  became  successively 
vice-president  and  president,  which  latter  position  he  now  holds. 

570.  Henry  Calvert  Simons,  b.  13  December,  1856,  at  Fayetteville,  Tenn. 
During  the  rebellion  his  father  was  compelled  to  leave  the  south  because  of 
his  abolition  ideas  and  he  settled  at  Virdin,  111.  After  being  graduated  in 
1875  from  the  high  school  of  his  adopted  town  he  became  a  member  of  the 
freshman  class  in  Illinois  College  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  '80 
with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  was  vice-president  of  Phi  Alpha  for  one  term. 
After  graduation  he  studied  law  with  the  Hon.  Belfour  Cowen  of  Virden 
until  his  admission  to  the  bar  in  1883.  In  the  same  year  he  married  Mollie 
W.  Sims.  They  have  one  child.  Since  1883  Mr.  Simons  has  practiced  law 
and  carried  on  a  lo^n  business  in  Virden. 

571.  Charles  Chandler  Frackelton,  b.  20  February,  1857,  in  Petersburg, 
111.  After  being  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  he  entered  the 
freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1875  and  left  before  the  end  of  his 
sophomore  year,  after  serving  one  term  as  corresponding  secretary  of  the 
society.  He  then  began  the  banking  business  in  Petersburg,  becoming 
in  1880  a  partner  with  his  father  in  the  banking  house  of  D.  S.  Frackelton 
and  company.  In  1887  he  married  lona  O.  Antle  of  Petersburg.  During 
the  same  year  Mr.  Frackelton  was  elected  city  treasurer  of  Petersburg. 

572.  Albert  Kendrick  Harsha,  b.  28  June,  i860,  at  Dixon,  111.  He 
received  a  rudimentary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111., 
and  after  attending  Whipple  Academy  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  the 
fall  of  1876,  but  did  not  complete  the  year.  In  1879  he  became  a  freshman 
in  Princeton  College  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '83.  After  three 
years  spent  in  the  same  college  in  preparation  for  the  ministry  he  accepted 
a  call  to  Roslyn,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.  In  1888  he  received  the  pastorate  of 
the  Highland  Park  Presbyterian  church  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  which  he 
still  holds.     He  has  been  twice  married 

573.  William  Bird  Shaw,  b.  12  November,  1853,  in  Beardstown,  111. 
Having  received  a  preparatory  education  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Grey- 
lock  institute.  South  Williamstown,  Mass.,  he  came  to  Illinois  College  in 
1876,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1880  with  the  degree  of  B.S.,  having  spent 
one  year  in  the  meantime  in  teaching.  In  the  society  he  was  successively 
corresponding  secretary  and  recording  secretary.  He  studied  law  with  L. 
Chandler  of  Chandlerville  in  1881  and  then  for  two  years  was  in  the  Union 
College  of  Law,  Chicago,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1883,  being  the  same 


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year  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1884  he  was  candidate  for  county  attorney  of 
Cass  county,  111.,  and  in  November,  1885,  removed  to  Ford  county,  Kan., 
where  he  practiced  for  three  years,  part  of  the  time  with  Amos  Small,  'S2 
(see  No.  623).  In  1S86  he  was  married  to  Minnie  L.  Broadwell  of  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  Mr.  Shaw  decided  in  1888  to  enter  the  ministry  and  after  being 
licensed  to  preach  he  accepted  a  call  to  the  Congregational  church  at 
Fowler,  Kan.  Later  he  became  a  pastor  of  the  first  church  in  Downs, 
Osborne  co.,  Kan.,  which  charge  he  now  holds. 

574.  Cephas  P.  Robbins,  b.  7  November,  1858,  at  Payson,  Adams  co., 
111.  He  attended  the  higli  school  at  Payson  and  came  to  Illinois  College  in 
1875,  entering  the  scientific  course.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  office  of 
chaplain  for  a  few  months.  He  left  in  1887  at  the  end  of  his  sophomore 
year  and  spent  the  year  1878-79  at  Knox  College.  Removing  then  to 
Stone,  Finney  co.,  Kan.,  he  engaged  in  farming  and  in  loan  and  real  estate 
business  which  he  continued  until  his  death.  In  1889  Mr.  Robbins  acci- 
dentally shot  himself  and  the  wound  proved  fatal.  He  was  an  enthusiastic 
member  of  the  society. 

575.  Winthrop  Oilman  Lippincott,  b.  9  October,  i860,  at  Chandlerville, 
Cass  CO.,  111.  He  attended  the  city  schools  of  Springfield  and  a  private 
school  at  Williamstown,  Mass.  In  1875  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  and 
left  the  following  spring.  Afer  being  a  few  months  in  the  employ  of  the 
"  Springfield  Journal  "  he  removed  to  Chandlerville  and  became  engaged 
with  his  father  in  farming.  For  a  short  period  in  1878-79  he  took  a  business 
course  in  the  Business  College  of  Jacksonville.  On  January-  22,  1879,  Mr. 
Lippincott  died  of  pneumonia  at  the  home  of  his  father  near  Chandlerville. 

576.  James  Madison  Downing,  b.  6  March,  1856,  in  Virginia,  111.  After 
going  through  the  public  schools  of  Virginia  he  entered  Illinois  College  in 
1875  and  was  graduated  in  1S79  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  In  Phi  Alpha  he 
held  the  offices  of  secretary  and  vice-president.  Prior  to  leaving  college 
he  had  studied  law  with  R.  W.  Mills  amd  J.  N.  Gridley  at  Virginia.  Later 
he  studied  with  J.  C.  Helm  at  Leadville,  Col.,  where  in  1880  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  Mr.  Downing  practiced  law  at  Leadville  until  the  spring  of  1881. 
He  then  removed  to  Aspen,  Col.,  where  he  has  since  practiced,  making  a 
specialty  of  ores  and  mining,  and  where  is  largely  interested  in  mines. 
Mr.  Downing  was  married  in  June,  1S85,  to  Alice  Ritter  of  Sedalia,  Mo. 
They  have  a  little  girl. 

577.  Newton  Gray,  b.  14  May,  1854,  at  Greenfield,  111.  He  was  a  student 
at  Blackburn  University,  Carlinville,  111.,  until  1876,  when  he  spent  a  few 
months  in  Illinois  College.  He  re-entered  Blackburn  College  in  the  same 
year  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '77.  In  iSSi  he  completed  the 
course  in  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy.  He  was  married  in  18S6  to  Kate 
Minton  of  Carlinville.  Mr.  Gray  is  now  the  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  in 
Livcrmore,  Alameda  co.,  C.il.     He  is  the  father  of  one  child. 

578.  Charles  Franklin  Curtiss,  b.  22  November,  1858,  near  Waverly,  111. 
For  five  years  he  studied  at  the  Waverly  high  school  and  in  1875  became  a 
member  of  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College.  While  an  active  member 
of  the  society  he  was  librarian  for  one  term  and  afterwards  was  made  critic. 
After  being  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  the  class  of  '79  he  taught 


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school  for  two  years.  In  i8Si  he  married  Fannie  Rohrer  of  Waverly,  and 
has  become  the  father  of  two  children.  Until  1885  he  was  a  farmer  near 
Pisgah,  Morgan  co.,  111.,  and  since  that  time  has  been  pursuing  the  same 
occupation  in  Macoupin  county,  near  Rohrer,  111. 

579.  Edward  Eli  Goff,  b.  25  July,  1857,  at  Williamsville,  Sangamon  co., 
111.  He  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  Honey  Hart,  Menard 
county,  and  in  Whipple  Academy.  In  1S75  he  entered  the  freshman  class 
of  Illinois  College  but  did  not  complete  the  year.  He  married  in  1879  Mary 
E.  Owen  of  Prentice,  Morgan  county,  and  is  the  father  of  three  children. 
Mr.  Goff  is  at  present  engaged  in  raising  live  stock  and  in  farming  near 
Ashland,  Cass  co..  111. 
-  580.  Walter  George  Scott,  b.  16  November,  1858,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  he  entered  Whipple 
Academy  in  1S75  and  left  the  following  year.  He  has  since  been  engaged 
in  the  drug  busines  and  is  now  secrerary  of  the  Chas.  W.  Rogg  company, 
wholesale  and  retail  druggists,  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

581.  John  Crocker,  b.  2  August,  1857,  at  Vandalia,  111.  After  attending 
the  public  schools  at  Maroa,  111.,  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College 
in  1875.  He  left,  however,  at  the  completion  of  the  year  and  in  1876-77 
studied  at  Dartmouth  College,  N.  H.  Mr.  Crocker  was  for  a  time  engaged 
with  his  father  in  the  grain  business  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  banking 
firm  of  Crocker,  Emery  and  Co.,  at  Maroa,  111. 

582.  Charles  Augustus  Mack,  b.  3  January,  1853,  at  Batavia,  111.  He 
studied  at  Ripon  College,  Wis.,  and  three  years  in  the  high  school  of  Aurora, 
111.  He  then,  in  1S76,  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  1877  he 
left  college  and  in  the  following  year  entered  Oberlin  College,  Ohio.  He 
attended  the  Oberlin  Theological  Seminary  in  1881-82  and  afterwards  the 
Hartford  Theological  Seminary,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1884.  In  the 
same  year  he  married  Nellie  F.  Strickland  of  Gilead,  Conn.,  who  died  in 
1887  leaving  one  child.  He  has  had  charges  in  the  Congregational  church 
at  Riceville,  Pa.,  and  at  Eckelson,  Melville,  Glen  Ullin,  N.  D.  Mr.  Mack 
is  now  pastor  of  the  church  at  Sanborn,  N.  D. 


1876-77 

583.  John  Collier,  b.  6  May,  1856,  in  Petersburg,  111.  He  attended  the 
common  schools  and  Whipple  Academy  and  in  1876  became  a  freshman  in 
Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  i38o  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  being 
also  valedictorian  of  the  class.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  was  made  successively  treas- 
urer and  president.     He  is  now  at  Red  Cafion,  Wyoming  Ter. 

584.  Thomas  Fletcher  Dennis,  b.  4  May,  1861,  in  Waverly,  111.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Waverly  and  in  1876  became  a  student  in 
Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1879  ^^ith  the  degree  of  B.A.,  deliver- 
ing the  salutatory  and  later  receiving  the  degree  of  M.A.  During  1881-83 
he  taught  school  at  Waverly  and  then  attended  for  one  year  the  Columbian 
University  Law  School  at  Washington,  D.  C.  He  was  admitted  to  the  prac- 
tice of  law  and  appointed  examiner  in  the  U.  S.  pension  ofhce  in  1884. 
Later  he  removed  to  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  where  he  now  resides. 


122  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

585.  Herbert  Augustus  Fairbank,  b.  19  April,  i860,  in  Udina,  Kane 
CO.,  III.  He  prepared  for  college  ia  llie  high  school  of  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind.,  and 
in  1876  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  serving  one  term  as  corres- 
ponding secretary  of  Phi  Alpha.  He  left  in  1877  and  pursued  a  course  at 
the  Jacksonville  Business  College  for  one  year.     He  was  in  1878-80  engaged 

^  in  the  coal  business  and  was  for  three  years  book-keeper  for  a  lumber  firm 
in  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  and  for  two  years  held  a  similar  position  in  San  Anto- 
nia,  Tex.  In  18S5  Mr.  Fairbank  removed  to  San  Francisco,  where  he  has 
since  held  the  position  of  secretary  of  the  California  Fruit  Union.  He 
married  in  1S81  Lillian  E.  Buck  of  Sioux  Falls,  and  has  one  child. 

586.  Charles  Herbert  Connell,  b.  12  September,  1859,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  studied  in  the  city  schools  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  187b,  being 
graduated  in  1878  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  read  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  Winfield,  Kan.  Mr.  Connell  soon  after  went  to  California,  and 
has  been  practicing  law  in  Los  Angeles.  He  married  Madge  Hartel  of  that 
city  in  18S6  and  is  the  father  of  one  child. 

587.  Charles  Philip  Gillett,  b.  30  May,  1857,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
studied  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  also  in  Whipple  Academy. 
Entering  Illinois  College  in  1878,  he  went  as  far  as  the  senior  year.  Mr. 
Gillett  has  been  for  several  years  secretary  for  his  father.  Dr.  P.  G.  Gillett, 
who  is  superintendent  of  the  Illinois  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  at 
Jacksonville. 

588.  William  Barr  Brown,  b.  27  September,  i860,  in  Lexington,  Ky. 
Removing  to  Morgan  county,  111.,  he  attended  the  district  schools  and  entered 
Whipple  Academy  in  1872.  He  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  in 
1877  and  was  graduated  in  i88i  with  tlie  degree  of  B.A,  In  Phi  Alpha  he 
served  one  term  as  vice-president.  He  has  since  graduation  been  engaged 
with  his  father  and  brother  in  farming  and  dealing  in  live  stock  near  Alexan- 
der, Morgan  co.,  111.  In  1882  he  married  Fannie  E.  McCoy  of  Jacksonville, 
and  has  two  children,     (see  No.  615). 

589.  Elmer  Wells  Butler,  b.  27  June,  1859,  at  Payson,  111.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  Griggsville,  111.,  and  entered  Illinois  College  in  1876, 
being  graduated  in  1880  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  attended  the  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary  and  was  graduated  in  1883.  In  September,  1884,  he 
married  Carrie  A.  Tupper,  at  Ontario,  111.,  and  has  one  child.  Mr.  Butler 
has  had  pastorates  at  Mayville,  S.  D.,  and  Mitchell,  la.,  and  is  now  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  at  Windsor,  Dane  co.,  Wis. 

590.  Clarence  Alvars  Kenyon,  b.  9  May,  1859,  in  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  In 
1S70-76  he  was  a  student  in  the  high  school  of  Lincoln,  111.,  and  the  Lincoln 
University.  He  then  attended  Illinois  College  for  one  year.  Having  pre- 
viously studied  law  with  Beason  and  Blinn  of  Lincoln,  he  entered  the  law 
department  of  Michigan  University  and  completed  the  course  in  1880.  Since 
then  he  has  practiced  in  Kansas  City  and  was  once  candidate  for  city  attor- 
ney and  at  another  time  was  nominated  for  city  judge.  In  1885  Mr.  Ken3-on 
married  Mary  J.  Hunt. 

591.  Harry  Eugene  Wadsworth,  b.  26  August,  1857,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  After  being  graduated  from  the  city  high  school  he  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1876.     He  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '78  with  the  degree  of 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  1 23 

B.S.  and  during  the  following  summer  and  fall  attended  Bryant  and  Strat- 
ton's  business  college,  Chicago.  Since  1879  he  has  been  engaged  with  his 
father  in  the  hardware  business  with  the  firm  of  Wadsworth  and  Matherson 
of  this  cit}'.  He  was  married  to  Nellie  F.  Farrell  of  Jacksonville  in  the 
latter  part  of  1882.     They  have  a  daughter. 

592.  Samuel  Carter  Loomis,  b.  7  April,  1858,  at  Winchester,  111.  He  was 
a  student  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school  in  1873-75.  I"  1876  he  entered 
Whipple  Academy,  where  he  remained  one  year.  He  then  studied  law  for 
two  years  with  Hon.  I.  L.  Morrison,  of  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Loomis  for  a 
time  practiced  photography  in  Elgin,  111.,  and  for  the  last  seven  years  has 
been  in  the  same  business  in  Chicago. 

-  593.  John  Wilson  Gaddis,  b.  5  December,  1859,  at  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
studied  in  the  city  schools  and  Whipple  Academy  and  entered  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1877  but  left  in  1879  at  the  close  of  the  sophomore  year.  He  after- 
wards attended  the  academy  at  Freehold,  N.  J.,  and  Eastman  Business 
College  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.  In  March,  1889,  he  married  Sarah  S.  C. 
Ledeboer.  Mr.  Gaddis  is  now  engaged  in  the  grocery  and  hardware  busi- 
ness at  Fairview,  111. 

594.  William  McKnight,  b.  i  May,  1863,  in  Norristown,  Pa.  After 
spending  three  years,  1875-78,  in  Whipple  Academy  he  was  engaged  until 
1881  in  Stout's  book  store,  Jacksonville,  111.  For  the  following  six  years  he 
was  clerk  for  the  Ewald  Iron  Company  of  St.  Louis.  In  1887  he  accepted  a 
position  as  traveling  salesman  for  the  Waters  Campbell  Iron  company  and 
also  for  the  Northfield  Knife  company,  which  he  still  holds,  his  home  being 
in  St.  Louis. 

595.  William  Brown  Glover,  b.  22  June,  i860,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
acquired  his  early  education  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  in  1876 
entered  Whipple  Academy  and  after  two  years  became  a  freshman  in  Illi- 
nois College  but  continued  only  one  year.  For  some  time  he  practiced  law 
and  in  the  fall  of  1S85  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  E.  A.  Barber  and 
company,  bankers,  Humboldt,  Kan. 

596.  George  Kent  Peckham,  b.  9  April,  1S62,  in  Seneca,  Kan.  After 
acquiring  a  preparatory  education  in  his  native  town,  in  1S76  he  entered  Illi- 
nois College  and  remained  one  year.  Since  1885  he  has  been  a  prosperous 
druggist  in  Seneca. 

597.  Samuel  Eveland,  b.  15  November,  1856,  in  Petrolia,  Ont.,  Canada. 
In  1867-69  he  attended  the  state  normal  school  at  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  and  in 
1876  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  filled  the 
office  of  treasurer.  After  being  graduated  in  1881  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 
he  attended  the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary  in  1884,  where  he  was  grad- 
uated. The  same  year  he  was  ordained  for  the  ministry  in  the  Congrega- 
gational  church.  Mr.  Eveland  first  filled  a  pastorate  at  Wayne,  la.,  then  at 
Moille,  111.,  and  is  now  at  Reinbeck,  la.  He  was  married  to  Mary  J. 
Richardson  of  Jacksonville,  111. 

598.  Andrew  Edward  Senteny,  b.  25  August,  1859,  at  Louisiana,  Pike 
CO.,  Mo.  He  studied  at  Pardee  College,  Louisiana,  at  the  Baptist  College 
of  the  same  city  and  in  the  Louisiana  public  schools  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1876.     He  acted  in   1878-79  as  recording  secretary  in  Phi  Alpha. 


124  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

In  1879  he  left  college  to  attend  the  Jones  Commercial  College,  St.  Louis. 
He  then  spent  four  years  in  clerking  for  the  Chicago  and  Alton  railroad  at 
Chicago,  for  the  U.  S.  signal  service  at  San  Antonia,  Te.\as,  and  for  the 
Western  Trunk  line.  Since  1885  he  has  been  book-keeper  for  the  Addison 
Tinsley  tobacco  manufacturing  companj',  Louisiana,  Mo. 

599.  Samuel  Montgomery,  b.  22  August,  1S55,  at  Petersburg,  III.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  in  1876  became  a  fresh- 
man in  Illinois  College  but  was  compelled  b}'  illness  to  leave  before  the 
close  of  the  year.  He  was  engaged  for  the  ten  succeeding  years  in  farming, 
and  in  1887  became  the  proprietor  of  a  furniture  house  in  Petersburg.  In 
February  of  the  same  year  he  married  Frances  V.  Merschon  of  Vermont, 
111.     They  have  one  child. 

600.  W.  Meade  Walter,  b.  4  April,  1856,  at  Germantown,  O.  He  studied 
at  Medora,  111.,  and  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1877,  where  he  remained 
one  year.  He  then  attended  the  University  of  Illinois  and  the  Ecole  des 
Beaux  Arts,  Paris,  France.  In  December,  1887,  he  married  Hattie  Bald- 
win of  New  York.     Mr.  Walter  is  now  an  architect,  and  lives  in  Chicago. 

601.  John  Baker  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  in  1876  and 
the  year  following  entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  then  a  resident  of  Jack- 
sonville, 111.     Mr.  Baker  has  since  died. 

602.  Charles  Leland  Morse,  b.  30  May,  i860,  in  Waterville,  Me.  He 
removed  to  Jacksonville  with  his  father  in  1866  and  attended  the 
public  schools  and  Whipple  Academy.  In  1874  he  entered  Illinois 
College  and  for  one  term  held  the  ofiice  of  critic  in  Phi  Alpha.  In 
1878  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  B.S.  and  later  attended  the  Institute 
of  Technology,  Boston,  and  the  Jesuits'  College  in  St.  Louis.  He  is  at  present 
engaged  in  the  banking  business  in  St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City, 

1877-78 

603.  Ralph  Warren  Haynes,  b.  31  March,  1S57,  in  Bloomington,  111.  His 
early  education  he  received  in  the  Janesville  (Wis.)  high  school  and  the 
preparatory  department  of  Beloit  College.  In  1877  he  became  a  member  of 
the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  but  left  at  the  close  of  the  year.  He 
immediately  commenced  the  study  of  law  with  Hay,  Greene,  and  Littler  of 
Springfield,  111.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  18S0.  He  practiced  in  Spring- 
field until  May,  i88g,  when  he  entered  the  department  of  justice  at  Wash- 
ington and  became  acting  attorney-general  for  the  post-office  department, 
taking  the  place  of  Judge  Tyner  during  the  latter's  protracted  illness.  He 
married  Helen  Saunders  in  i3S6  and  is  the  father  of  one  son.  Mr.  Haynes 
now  lives  in  Washington  and  is  one  of  the  attorneys  for  the  postmaster- 
general. 

604.  Benjamin  Franklin  Shepherd,  b.  24  April,  185S,  at  Orleans,  111.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  tiie  district  schools  of  Morgan  county  and  in 
Whipple  Academy.  He  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College  in  1877  and 
left  the  same  year.  Since  1878  he  has  been  employed  as  a  traveling  sales- 
man for  the  firm  of  Ilalliday  and  company  of  St.  Louis. 

605.  John  H.  Brown  came  from  Auburn,  111.,  in  1S77,  and  attended  Whip- 


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pie  Academy  for  two  years.     He  then  entered  Illinois  College  and  left  after 
his  freshman  year. 

606.  Bedford  Brown,  b.  7  October.  i86i,  at  Auhurn,  111.  He  studied  at 
the  district  schools  until  1S77,  when  he  entered  Whipple  Academy.  After 
three  years  of  preparation  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  Phi 
Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  corresponding  secretary,  vice-president,  and 
president.  He  was  graduated  in  18S4,  delivering  a  high  oration  and  the 
valedictory  address.  He  taught  school  one  year  and  then  spent  two  years  at 
the  Columbian  Universitj^  Law  school  at  Washington,  D.  C,  being  gradu- 
ated in  1S87.  Mr.  Brown  is  now  practicing  law  at  Hastings,  Neb.,  in 
partnership  with  W.  S.  Marshall.  He  was  elected  trustee  of  Illinois  College 
in-June,  iSSg. 

607.  Charles  Douglas  Wright,  b.  20  February,  1857,  at  Chatham,  111. 
In  1S76  he  was  appointed  to  the  U.  S.  naval  academy  at  Annapolis  and  in 
the  ensuing  year  was  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  After  one  year's  study 
he  left  and  studied  medicine  for  three  years  with  his  father  and  then  en- 
tered Rush  Medical  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  18S0.  For  one 
year  he  was  city  physician  of  Springfield,  111.,  and  for  six  years  practiced  his 
profession  at  Chatham,  111.  In  August,  1887,  he  moved  to  Harvel,  Mont- 
gomery CO.,  111.,  where  he  has  continued  the  practice  of  medicine.  He 
married  Lizzie  Felch  of  Chatham  in  1880,  and  has  a  son. 

608.  Julian  Sturtevant  Wadsworth,  b.  5  December,  i860,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  He  studied  in  the  city  schools  and  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  Col- 
lege in  1877,  and  in  1881  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  In  Phi 
Alpha  he  held  the  office  of  treasurer  and  president.  In  1882-85  he  studied 
at  Drew  Theological  Seminar)',  Madison,  N.  J.  Mr.  Wadsworth  entered  the 
New  England  Southern  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in 
1885  and  was  stationed  at  East  Weymouth,  Mass.,  for  three  years.  He 
married  Maie  Short  of  Jacksonville,  in  1885.  Receiving  a  charge  at  Centre- 
ville,  Rhode  Island,  he  worked  there  for  two  years  and  in  the  spring  of  1890 
went  to  Germany  intending  to  study  New  Testament  exegesis. 

609.  John  B.  Morris,  b.  30  September,  i860,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  The 
public  schools  afforded  him  a  preliminary  education  and  in  1S77  he  became 
a  student  in  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1881  with  the  degree  of 
B.A.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  acted  as  recording  secretary.  Immediately  after 
graduation  he  entered  the  business  of  civil  engineering  for  the  Chicago, 
Santa  Fe,  and  California  railway,  with  headquarters  at  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

610.  Thomas  J.  Clark  Fagg,  jr.,  b.  28  January,  i860,  at  Louisiana,  Pike 
CO.,  Mo.  He  studied  at  the  Louisiana  public  schools  and  became  a  student 
in  Illinois  College  in  1877  but  left  after  one  year.  He  is  now  cashier  for 
the  Van  Dusen,  Harrington  company,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

611.  George  Ames  Milligan,  b.  14  October,  1858,  in  Philadelphia,  Pa, 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools,  and 
became  a  student  in  Illinois  College  in  1877  but  left  in  1879.  In  the 
following  year  he  studied  at  the  University  of  Illinois  and  then  for  six 
years  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Cheney,  Nebraska.  In  1884  he  married 
Emma  Wait  of  Jacksonville.  On  account  of  failing  health  Mr.  Milligan 
returned  to  Jacksonville  in   1SS6.     He  died  at  the  house  of  his  father.  Pro- 


126  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

fcssor  W.  H.  Milligan,  on  November  i  of  the  same  year.     He  was  of  a  quiet, 
retiring  disposition,  alw.iys  a  faitliful  and  loyal  member  of  Phi  Alpha. 

6i2.  Charles  Sanford  Pond,  b.  21  .A.pril,  1858,  in  Keokuk,  la.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  the  Keokuk  public  schools  and  in  1877 
entered  Illinois  College  but  left  in  the  following  year;  He  then  began  the 
dairy  business  in  the  tirm  of  S.  P.  Pond  and  company,  Keokuk,  and  is  still  a 
wholesale  dealer  in  this  trade.  He  also  has  extensive  interests  in  timber 
land  and  in  the  stave  and  steamboat  business  at  Newport,  Ark.,  under  the 
control  of  the  Morrison  Decker  Manufacturing  company.  On  the  13th  of 
October,  1S80.  he  married  Laura  C.  Bartlett,  of  Keokuk. 

613.  Samuel  J.  McKinney,  b.  29  November,  1856.  in  Griggsville,  111.  He 
attended  Kemp  Academy  and  entered  into  Illinois  College  in  1878,  where 
he  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '81,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A.  In 
Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  office  of  corresponding  secretary.  After  graduation 
he  began  and  completed  a  three  years  course  in  McCormick  Theological 
Seminary  of  Chicago,  preaching  during  vacations  in  Good  Hope,  111.  In 
1884-87  Mr.  McKinney  was  pastor  at  Olney,  111.,  at  West  Superior,  Wis.,  in 
1887-89,  and  at  Weyawega,  Wis.,  until  February,  1890,  when  he  removed 
temporarily  to  Hoxie,  Kan.,  on  account  of  ill  health.  In  October,  18S4,  he 
married  Lillian  Ashelby  of  Jacksonville,  111.     They  have  one  child. 

614.  James  Berry  EUwood,  b.  16  February,  i860,  at  Sycamore,  111.  He 
studied  in  the  Sycamore  high  school  and  entered  the  freshman  class  in 
Illinois  College  in  1877  but  left  in  the  following  year.  In  October.  1888,  he 
married  Nellie  Colby  of  Sycamore,  111.  Mr.  Ellwood  is  now  connected 
with  the  U.  S.  postal  service. 

615.  Edward  Warfield  Brown,  b.  20  November,  1862,  in  Morgan  county. 
He  prepared  for  college  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  Whip- 
ple Academy.  At  the  completion  of  a  course  in  the  Jacksonville  Business 
College  in  1882  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  continued  until  his  senior 
year.  In  December,  1885,  he  married  Ruth  W.  Smith  of  Island  Grove  and 
is  at  present  engaged  with  his  father  and  brother  in  farming  and  cattle  rais- 
ing near  New  Berlin,  111.     (see  No.  5S8). 

616.  Louis  Henry  Clampit,  b.  18  August,  i860,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  receiving  an  early  education  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  he 
became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1879  but  attended  the  Jacksonville 
Business  College  the  next  year.  He  then  studied  medicine  at  the  Hospital 
College  of  Medicine  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1884.  In 
June,  1885,  he  married  Lina  C.  Watson  of  Louisville.  He  practiced  medi- 
cine in  Roodhouse,  111.,  in  1884-89,  holding  the  position  of  local  surgeon 
for  the  Chicago  and  Alton  railway  for  four  and  a  half  years.  In  March, 
1S89,  Dr.  Clampit  began  practising  in  Jacksonville. 

617.  Edward  F.  Goltra,  b.  29  December,  1S62,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  After 
being  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  in  187S  he  became  a  freshman  of  Illi- 
nois College  and  completed  his  sophomore  year.  In  1883  he  entered 
Princeton  College  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '87.  Until  May  of 
1888  he  studied  law  with  Hon.  William  Brown  of  Jacksonville,  whose 
daughter,  Kate  M.  Brown,  he  married  in  the  summer  of  that  year.  Mr.  Goltra 
is  now  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  steel  at  St.  Louis. 


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1878-79 

618.  Mathew  R.  Palmer,  b.  13  April,  i860,  at  Millwood,  111.  He  entered 
Illinois  College  in  187S  and  held  the  office  of  chaplain  in  Phi  Alpha.  He 
left  in  iSSi  in  his  junior  year.  Mr.  Palmer  is  now  a  preacher  in  the  Metho- 
dist church  and  has  had  charges  at  Dawson  and  Marshall,  111. 

619.  George  Gager  Wait,  b.  27  June,  1S62,  in  Ottawa,  111.  He  received 
his  preliminary  education  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school  and  in  1878 
entered  Illinois  College,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1880  with  the  degree  of 
B.S.  After  graduation  he  was  emplo3'^ed  for  nearly  a  year  as  book-keeper  in 
Ward's  bookstore,-  Jacksonville,  and  for  three  years  as  supervisor  in  the 
Illinois  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  at  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Wait  farmed 
for  several  seasons  and  later  kept  books  for  the  Citizens'  Bank  of  Wichita, 
Kan.,  and  for  the  Comanche  Company  Bank  of  Coldwater,  Kan.  In  1887 
he  was  married  to  Lavilla  Sawyer  and  is  at  present  keeping  books  for  the 
Lincoln  Hardware  company  of  Lincoln,  Neb. 

620.  Edward  Woodman  Carver,  b.  11  February,  1863,  in  Oceanville,  N. 
J.  After  studying  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools,  in  the  fall  of  1878  he 
became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  From  1879  to  '86  he  was  employed 
in  the  "PillsburyA"  mill,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  He  accepted  in  1888  the 
position  of  receiving  teller  of  the  Citizens  Bank  in  Witchita,  Kan.,  which 
office  he  still  fills. 

621.  Robert  H.  Duer,  b.  i  June,  1862,  near  Pisgah,  Morgan  co..  111.  He 
attended  the  district  schools  of  Morgan  county  and  in  1880  entered  Whip- 
ple Academy.  He  studied  at  the  academy  for  one  year  and  the  year  fol- 
lowing at  the  Jacksonville  Business  College.  In  18S2  he  entered  the  employ 
of  a  railroad,  which  occupation  he  followed  for  three  years  and  then  went  to 
farming  near  Alexander,  111.  In  1887  he  married  Ella  Mathews  and  is  still 
engaged  in  farming  near  Alexander. 

622.  John  Scott  McCollister,  b.  20  February,  1S62,  at  La  Clede,  Mo. 
In  187S  he  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  but  left,  however,  after 
two  years  and  learned  the  printer's  trade  in  Humboldt,  Kan.  Since  1881  he 
has  been  successively  employed  by  the  "  Roodhouse  Eye,"  the  "  Brighton 
Weekly  News,"  the  "Jacksonville  Courier,"  and  the  "  Ouincy  Herald."  He 
married  in  1886  Alice  Andrews  of  Jacksonville  and  is  now  pursuing  his 
trade  at  Pittsburg,  Pa. 

623.  Amos  W.  Small,  b.  7  March,  1859,  "^sar  Leavenworth,  Kan.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  district  schools  of  Leavenworth  county 
and  in  1878  entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1882  with  the 
degree  of  B.S.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  librarian  and  president. 
During  1883-85  he  was  interested  in  the  U.  S.  mail  route  contracting  busi- 
ness in  Kansas.  In  1884  he  was  notary  public  in  Antony,  Kan.,  and  upon 
his  removal  to  Ford  City,  Kan.,  was  again  appointed  notary  public  and  civil 
engineer  of  this  place.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneer  citizens  of  Ford  City  and 
while  there  opened  a  law  and  real  estate  office  with  W.  B.  Shaw,  'So  (see  No. 
573).  Mr.  Small  had  only  for  a  short  time  been  admitted  to  the  practice  of 
law  at  the  time  of  his  death,  November  18,  1885.  While  a  student  he  was 
noted  for  his  perseverance  and  determination,  always  attaining  a  high  grade 


128  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

of  scholarship.  He  was  always  enthusiastic  and  loyal  to  the  interests  of 
Phi  Alpha  and  was  cut  off  in  the  vigor  and  promise  of  an  ambitious  and 
hopeful  career. 

1879-80 

624.  Stephen  Douglas  May,  b.  3  June,  1861,  at  Belvidere,  111.  After  he 
was  graduated  from  Belvidere  high  school  he  was  enrolled  as  a  student  of 
Illinois  College  in  1879,  where  he  remained  one  year.  He  then  attended  the 
University  of  Michigan,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1884.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  at  once  and  attended  Union  College  of  Law,  Chicago,  for 
a  short  time,  reading  in  the  office  of  Judge  F.  W.  Brawley.  Since  his  ad- 
mission to  the  bar  in  1886  he  has  been  practicing  his  profession  in  Chicago. 

625.  Johnson  P.  Renshaw,  b.  24  August,  i860,  at  Chandlerville,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Chandlerville  he  became  a  student 
in  Illinois  College  in  1879  and  continued  one  year.  Later  on  he  was  en- 
gaged in  the  banking  business  at  Sterling,  Johnson  co..  Neb. 

626.  John  Lee  Rogers,  b.  26  December,  1861,  in  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  Morgan  county  district  schools.  In  the 
fall  of  1879  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  left  the  following  year.  He 
worked  as  a  painter  in  Jacksonville  until  1S84  when  he  went  to  Omaha, 
Neb.,  where,  in  1SS7,  he  married  Nellie  Green  of  that  place. 

627.  William  Erastus  Booker,  b.  10  July,  1S64,  at  Ely,  Mo.  After 
attending  college  in  1876-79  at  Monroe  City,  Monroe  co..  Mo.,  he  entered 
Illinois  College  and  remained  three  years,  serving  in  Phi  Alpha  as  librarian 
for  one  term.  In  1882  he  removed  to  Pittsburg,  Crawford  co.,  Kan.,  where 
he  has  an  interest  in  a  flour  mill  and  in  real  estate.  Since  18S5  he  has  been 
the  proprietor  of  a  prosperous  hotel  in  Pittsburg. 

628.  Edward  Everett  Clark,  b.  28  June,  1862,  in  Brown  county.  111.  For 
one  year  he  attended  the  Worthington  Business  College  at  Evanston,  111., 
and  in  1878  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held 
the  position  of  recording  secretar)'  in  1882-83.  He  was  graduated  in  1883 
with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  taught  school  for  one  year  in  Brown  county.  111., 
and  has  since  then  been  engaged  in  raising  sheep  near  Meade  Center, 
Kan. 

629.  Eli  Shipp  after  attending  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  became 
a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  He  left  in  18S0  after  one  year.  His  home 
was  then  in  Petersburg,  111.  After  leaving  college  he  worked  as  a  composi- 
tor on  the  "  Minneapolis  Tribune." 

630.  Charles  C.  Salter  in  1879  came  from  Waverly,  111.,  and  was  enrolled 
as  a  freshman  in  ll]in<iis  College.     He  left  after  one  year. 

631.  Coleridge  Russell  entered  Illinois  College  in  1879  as  a  freshman 
and  left  after  two  years.     His  residence  was  then  in  Jacksonville,  111. 

632.  John  Campbell  Rice,  b.  27  January,  1864,  in  Cass  county.  111.  He 
prepared  for  college  at  the  Mound  Ridge  district  school  and  in  Whipple 
Academy.  In  18S5  he  was  graduated  from  Illinois  College  with  the  degree 
of  B.A.,  delivering  the  valedictory  address.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the 
offices  of  treasurer,  chaplain,  vice-president  and  president.     The  two  years 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  I  29 

succeeding  his  graduation  he  spent  in  teaching  and  farming,  and  in  1887-88 
he  was  an  instructor  of  mathematics  in  his  alma  mater.  Mr.  Rice  studied 
law  at  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1S88-S9  and  is  now  a  student  in  the 
law  department  of  Cornell  University,  New  York. 

633.  Wallace  McFarland  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  in 
1S79  and  remained  one  year.     His  home  at  that  time  was  in  O'Fallon,  111. 

634.  Frank  Marion  Huffaker,  b.  26  June,  1865,  at  New  Berlin,  111.  He 
was  a  student  at  the  Jacksonville  high  school  and  afterwards  entered 
Whipple  Academy  in  1879.  He  left  college  after  his  freshman  year  and  is 
now  engaged  in  farming  and  fancy  stock  raising  near  New  Berlin.  In  1886 
he  married  Miss  Eliza  Deweese. 

1880-81 

635.  David  M.  Sharp,  b.  at  Mt.  Auburn,  111.  He  was  a  student  in  the 
Illinois  Industrial  University,  at  Urbana,  111.,  and  in  1879  entered  Illinois 
College.  At  the  completion  of  his  sophomore  year  he  left  college  and  read 
law  with  James  M.  Taylor  of  Taylorville,  111.  He  was  engaged  in  the  cattle 
business  in  the  Indian  Territory  for  five  years  and  is  now  farming  near 
Taylorville.     Mr.  Sharp  was  married  in  1881  and  has  one  child. 

636.  William  H.  Beekman,  b,  30  September,  i860,  near  Tallula,  111. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  district  school  near  the  place  of 
his  birth  and  in  1876  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College,  being 
graduated  in  18S1  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  After  studying  law  for  two  years 
with  N.  W.  Branson  of  Petersburg,  111.,  in  1887  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
and  has  since  been  practicing  his  profession  at  Omaha,  Neb. 

637.  Frank  Lincoln  Tomlinson,  b.  28  February,  i860,  near  Mt.  Pulaski, 
111.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  for  four  years  was  a  teacher  in  Logan  county.  In  1880  he  be- 
came a  sophomore  in  Illinois  College  and  in  Phi  Alpha  served  one  term  as 
librarian.  At  the  close  of  his  junior  year  he  left  college  and  began  the  study 
of  law  with  A.  G.  Jones  of  Mt.  Pulaski.  In  1887  Mr.  Tomlinson  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  since  that  time  has  followed  that  profession  at  Mt. 
Pulaski. 

638.  James  Finley  Keeney,  b.  16  March,  1862,  at  Lebanon,  St.  Clair  co., 
111.  After  being  graduated  from  the  high  school  of  Jacksonville,  in  1880  he 
entered  Illinois  College  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  '82  with  the 
honors  of  a  philosophical  oration  and  the  salutatory.  He  served  as  secretary 
and  vice-president  of  Phi  Alpha.  He  completed,  in  1888,  a  course  in  medi- 
cine at  the  Chicago  Medical  College  and  immediately  received  the  appoint- 
ment of  surgeon  in  the  U.  S.  navy.  Mr.  Keeney  is  at  present  assistant 
surgeon  on  the  flag  ship  "Richmond"  of  the  U.  S.  navy  stationed  at  the 
Samoan  Islands. 

639.  Grant  Cullimore,  b.  11  April,  1862,  in  Carrolton,  111.  After  being 
graduated  from  the  Jacksonville  high  school  and  teaching  one  year  in  the 
Morgan  county  schools  in  1880  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  completed 
the  junior  year.  He  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  critic.  In  1885  he  was 
graduated  from  the  Rush  Medical  College  and  then  studied  with  Dr.  David 

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130  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETV. 

Prince  of  Jacksonville  and  at  the  Central  Illinois  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 
He  practiced  as  assistant  and  house  surgeon  of  Drs.  David  and  A.  E.  Prince 
until  1887,  when  he  removed  to  his  present  residence  in  Atchison,  Kan. 
Dr.  Cullimore  is  local  oculist  for  the  Missouri  Pacific  railway,  also  for  the 
soldiers'  orphans'  home  and  the  city  hospital  of  Atchinson.  Since  1889  he 
has  been  pension  examiner  for  northern  Kansas  and  southern  Nebraska. 

640.  Walter  Lavvder,  b.  27  December,  1862,  at  Rockwood,  Randolph 
CO.,  111.  He  went  to  the  district  schools  and  in  1880  entered  Illinois 
College.  He  left  college  after  two  terms  and  attended  the  Jacksonville 
Business  College  during  1882-83.  Since  finishing  his  education  he  has 
been  engaged  in  farming  and  stock  raising  near  Campbell  Hill,  111.  In 
1886  he  married  Lettie  Clendinen  and  has  two  children. 

641.  W.  W,  Worthen  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1880  and  left  after 
one  year.     He  came  from  Keokuk,  la. 

642.  Frank  D.  Renshaw,  b.  14  November,  1862,  in  Girard,  111.  He  was 
a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  Chandlerville.  111.,  and  in  1S80  entered 
Illinois  College.  He  left  before  completing  the  college  year.  From  1882 
until  1885  he  was  engaged  in  the  dry  goods  business  at  Long  Pine,  Brown 
CO.,  Neb.,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  the  clothing  trade. 

643.  William  H.  Saunderson,  b.  21  December,  1861,  near  Franklin, 
111.  In  1880  he  was  graduated  from  Birmingham  Academy  and  in  the  same 
year  entered  Illinois  College  but  left  on  account  of  sickness  in  the  freshman 
year.  With  the  exception  of  two  years  teaching  he  has  since  been  engaged 
in  farming  and  stock-raising  in  Van  Buren  county.  In  1884  he  married  Ida 
Moore.     They  have  one  daughter. 

644.  Herbert  French  Atkins,  b.  30  August,  1864,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
His  preparatorj'  education  was  obtained  in  the  district  schools  of  Morgan 
county  and  in  Whipple  Academy.  In  1881  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois 
College  and  with  the  class  of  'S5  completed  the  classical  course.  He  served 
in  Phi  Alpha  as  corresponding  and  recording  secretar)'.  After  being  succes- 
sively engaged  as  teacher,  reporter  and  civil  engineer,  he  spent  the  )'ear  1887 
in  study  at  Cornell  University.  He  then  entered  Harvard  University,  and 
was  graduated  in  18S9  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  For  one  year  he  was  prin- 
cipal of  the  high  school  in  Dennysville,  Me.,  and  now  holds  a  similar 
position  in  Mattapoisett.  Mass. 

1881-82 

645.  Thomas  Edward  Leach,  b.  19  March,  185 1,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
The  public  schools  furnished  him  a  preparatory  education  and  in  18S0  he 
entered  Illinois  College.  He  left  after  one  year's  study  and  attended  the 
Jacksonville  Business  College  for  two  terms.  After  finishing  his  education 
he  began  farming  and  is  still  engaged  in  this  pursuit  near  Winchester,  111. 

646.  Caleb  Warner  Howser,  b.  10  September,  1S67,  at  Scottville,  111. 
He  was  a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  place  and  in  Whipple 
Academy  until  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1882.  He  left 
at  the  completion  of  his  freshman  year.  In  1883-S5  he  attended  Blackburn 
University,  Carlinville,  111.,   and  during  the  following  year  was  a  teacher 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  I3I 

in  the  schools  of  Scottville.     In  the  fall  of  1S88  he  married  Julia  E.  Hall 
of  Carlinville.     Mr.  Hovvser  died  in  the  following  year. 

647.  Thomas  Vincent  Drew,  b.  5  January,  1861,  at  Brighton,  111.  He 
attended  the  district  school  near  Irving,  Macoupin  co..  111.,  and  in  1881 
became  a  student  in  Illinois  College.  At  different  times  he  taught  in  the 
district  schools  near  Irving.  Mr.  Drew  went  to  California  in  1SS6  on 
account  of  his  health  and  is  now  engaged  on  a  fruit  farm  near  Auburn, 
Plaser  county. 

648.  Newel  Graves,  b.  1S59,  ^t  West  Point,  Stephenson  co.,  111.  He 
attended  several  district  schools  in  Morgan  county  and  the  Jacksonville 
Business  College  before  entering  Illinois  College  in  1881.  He  left  in  1882 
arvd  since  then  has  been  engaged  in  farming.near  Lynnville,  Morgan  co.,  111. 

649.  David  Dubois  Smith,  b.  26  March,  1864,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  La  Porte,  Ind.,  and  then  for  six  years  those 
of  Jacksonville.  In  1881-83  he  was  in  Whipple  Academy  and  for  one 
term  in  Illinois  College.  He  began  to  study  drawing  and  painting  in  1884 
and  the  following  year  attended  the  League  Art  School,  and  the  National 
Academy  of  Design,  New  York.  After  then  teaching  for  a  year  in  the 
Central  Illinois  Art  School,  he  spent  some  months  in  Chicago  as  a  designer 
and  illustrator,  and  in  the  fall  of  1887  he  went  to  New  York,  where  for  two 
years  he  drew  in  pen  and  ink  for  various  periodicals.  For  the  past  year  he 
has  been  engaged  in  the  art  department  of  the  Illinois  Institution  for  the 
Deaf  and  Dumb,  Jacksonville. 

650.  Thomas  William  Smith,  b.  25  December,  1865,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  common  schools  of  La  Porte,  Ind.,  and  of  Jacksonville, 
111.,  he  entered  the  Whipple  Academy  in  1881  and  two  years  later  became  a 
freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  1887  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
B.A.  and  was  valedictorian  of  his  class.  While  active  in  Phi  Alpha  he  be- 
came successively  librarian,  vice-president,  and  president.  After  spending 
a  year  at  Yale  in  the  study  of  modern  languages,  rhetoric  and  elocution, 
Mr.  Smith  was  made  instructor  in  these  branches  in  his  alma  mater,  which 
position  he  now  holds. 

651.  Alfred  Tomlin  Capps,  b.  19  November,  1863,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  he  was  graduated  from  the  city  high 
school  in  1880  and  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  the  next  year.  In 
Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  corresponding  secretar}^  treasurer  for  two 
years  and  recording  secretary.  In  1885  he  was  graduated  with  the  saluta- 
tory and  the  degree  of  B.A.  He  then  engaged  in  business  with  J.  Capps 
and  Sons  of  the  Jacksonville  Woolen  Mills  and  in  1886  became  a  member 
of  the  company.  He  married  Anna  L.  Huntley  of  Jacksonville  in  the  fall 
of  1888  and  has  one  son. 

652.  Ira  William  Davenport,  b.  6  July,  1863,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
received  his  elementary  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville 
and  in  1881  became  a  member  of  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College. 
He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  '85  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  held  in 
Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  critic.  In  1885-87  he  taught  in  the  Illinois  Institu- 
tion for  the  Blind  at  Jacksonville  and  then  for  two  years  was  at  Yale  taking 
a  post-graduate  course  in  English.  He  is  now  superintendent  of  the  public 
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132  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

653.  Carl  Elsworth  Black,  b.  4  July,  1S62,  at  Winchester,  Scott  co.,  111. 
He  was  a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  graduated  from 
the  high  school  with  the  class  of  "Si.  In  this  same  year  he  entered  Illinois 
College  and  in  1S83  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  He  was  cor- 
responding secretary  in  Phi  Alpha.  After  spending  the  year  18S4-85  at  Dr. 
David  Prince's  Sanitarium  of  Jacksonville,  he  entered  the  Chicago  Medical 
College  from  which  he  was  graduated  after  a  two  years'  course.  During 
the  winter  of  188S-89  he  pursued  a  special  course  at  the  medical  department 
of  the  University  of  Vienna  and  other  medical  centres  of  Europe.  In 
June,  18S9,  he  married  Bessie  McLaughlin  of  Jacksonville,  where  he  is  now 
a  practicing  physician. 

654.  Isaac  S.  McCollam,  b.  i860,  at  Scottville,  Macoupin  co.,  111.  His 
attended  a  subscription  school  and  in  1881  became  a  student  in  Whipple 
Academy,  where  he  remained  only  for  a  short  time.  For  nine  years  he  was  a 
justice  of  the  peace  near  Scottville  where  he  is  now  farming. 

655.  George  Ethan  Carter,  b.  8  October,  1855,  in  Waverly,  111.  He  at- 
tended the  Jacksonville  public  schools,  the  Jacksonville  Business  College 
for  one  term  and  Whipple  Academy  before  entering  Illinois  College  in 
1881.  He  continued  at  college  for  one  year  and  then  became  a  student 
of  ShurtlefT  College,  Alton,  111.,  to  study  for  the  ministrj'  in  the  Baptist 
church.  He  remained  there  for  three  years  and  later  had  charge  of  a  mis- 
sion station  at  Alton  Junction  and  at  Woodson,  111.  Since  18S7  he  has 
acted  as  agent  for  the  American  Bible  Society  in  Jacksonville,  111. 

656.  Charles  Walter  Reynolds,  b.  i  June,  1867,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  being  a  student  in  the  city  schools  and  in  Whipple  Academy  he  en- 
tered Illinois  College  in  1SS2.  He  left  after  one  year  and  soon  began  farm- 
ing near  Jacksonville,  where  he  is  at  present  following  this  pursuit.  In 
May,  1887,  he  married  May  Holbrook  of  Jacksonville. 

657.  Arthur  William  Rider,  b.  31  March,  1863,  in  Carlinville,  111.  In 
1881  he  was  graduated  from  the  Jacksonville  high  school  and  the  same 
year  entered  Illinois  College.  He  served  as  chaplain  and  critic  of  Phi 
Alpha.  After  spending  two  years  as  secretary  for  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association  of  Jacksonville,  in  1885  he  resumed  his  collegiate  course 
and  received  the  degree  of  B.A.  in  the  class  of  '86.  He  then  accepted  the 
position  of  assistant  secretary  of  the  state  Sunday  School  Union  and 
resided  in  Chicago  until  1SS7,  when  he  removed  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal., 
and  took  charge  of  a  large  Baptist  mission  in  that  place.  He  served  for 
one  year  and  a  half  as  assistant  pastor  of  the  First  Baptist  church  and  at 
the  same  time  conducted  the  mission  successfully  and  then  was  called  to 
be  pastor  of  the  church  into  which  the  mission  had  grown.  Mr.  Rider  ac- 
cepted the  call,  was  ordained  to  the  ministry,  and  in  the  spring  of  1889  he 
became  the  pastor  of  the  Memorial  Baptist  church  of  Los  Angeles,  which 
position  he  still  holds. 

658.  George  Washington  Price,  b.  2  January,  1S61,  at  Industry,  111. 
He  was  a  student  of  the  Macomb  high  school  for  three  years  and  in  1881 
entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1884  with  the  salutatory, 
philosophical  oration  and  the  degree  of  B.S.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  acted  as 
vice-president  and  president.     During  the  year  following  his  graduation  he 


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taught  at  Chapin,  111.,  in  18S5-86  at  Avon,  111.,  and  from  1886  to  the 
present  at  Atkinson,  Henry  co..  111.,  where  he  is  principal  of  the  public 
schools.     In  the  fall  of  188S  he  married  Sara  M.  Shreve  and  has  one  boy. 

659.  Samuel  G.  Brown  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1881 
and  left  after  one  year.     His  home  was  in  Auburn,  111. 

660.  Charles  S.  Hughes  in  1881  entered  Whipple  Academy  where  he 
remained  one  year.     At  this  time  his  residence  was  in  Jacksonville,  111. 

661.  Kelsey  Sharp,  b.  in  Christian  county.  111.  After  being  in  the  public 
schools  of  Taylorville,  111.,  in  1881  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois 
College  but  left  at  the  close  of  the  year.  In  1888  he  was  a  student  in  Bryant's 
Business  College,  Chicago. 

"662.  Lawrence  Smith  Wilkinson,  b.  i  October,  1864,  in  Meridian, 
N.  Y.  After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Meridian,  in  1880  he  became  a 
student  in  Whipple  Academy  and  continued  for  two  years.  Since  1883  he 
has  been  a  railway  employee  and  resides  at  Lamanda  Park,  Los  Angeles  co., 
Cal.     In  18SS  he  married  Mary  E.  Lyon  of  Madison,  Wis. 

663.  Alexander  M.  Greene,  b.  19  August,  1863,  at  Tallula,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Tallula  until  his  entrance  to  Illinois  College 
in  1881.  He  left  in  March,  1882,  and  afterwards  attended  Eureka  College, 
Eureka,  111.,  for  one  year  and  Bryant's  Business  College  of  Chicago  for  a 
few  months.     He  is  now  farming  near  Tallula. 

664.  Allan  Albert  Tanner,  b.  2  February,  1868,  in  Jacksonville,  III. 
He  was  a  student  in  the  public  schools  and  in  Whipple  Academy,  and  in 
1884  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the 
offices  of  corresponding  secretarj'  and  president.  He  was  graduated  in 
1888  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  at  once  accepted  the  position  of  reporter 
on  the  "Jacksonville  Journal."  In  1889-90  he  acted  as  secretary  for  several 
of  the  senate  committees  in  Springfield,  111.,  and  then  entered  Yale  Divinity 
School  to  prepare  for  the  ministry. 

1882-83 

665.  Charles  Alvan  Rowe,  b.  13  February,  1866,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Morgan  county  district  schools  and 
was  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  for  three  years.  In  1882  he  became  a 
freshman  in  Illinois  College  but  on  account  of  ill  health  attended  very 
irregularly.  He  graduated  in  1889  with  the  degree  of  B.A.,  having  held  in 
Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  critic.  Mr.  Rowe  is  now  engaged  in  farming  near 
Jacksonville,  111. 

666.  Alfred  Ely  Day,  b.  11  June,  1867,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
obtained  a  preparatory  education  in  the  city  high  school  and  Whipple 
Academy  and  in  1883  entered  Illinois  College.  During  the  year  1885-86 
he  taught  school  near  Berlin,  111.,  and  served  on  the  editorial  staflf  of  the 
"Jacksonville  Journal."  The  following  )'ear  he  re-entered  college  and 
graduated  in  1S88  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  acted  as 
recording  secretary  and  critic.  Immediately  after  graduation  he  accepted  a 
position  as  teacher  of  the  sciences  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school,  where 
he  served  one  year.     He  then  accepted  the  position  of  instructor  in  natural 


134  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

sciences  in  the  Syrian   Protestant  College  at   Beirut,  Syria,  which  he  still 
holds. 

667.  Edward  Capps,  b.  21  December,  1866,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  The 
public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  Whipple  Academy  afforded  him  his  pre- 
paratorj'  instruction  and  in  18S3  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College. 
He  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  '87  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  Phi 
Alpha  he  acted  as  vice-president  and  president.  During  the  year  following 
his  graduation  he  was  instructor  in  Illinois  College  and  then  he  began  a 
post-graduate  course  at  Yale  in  classical  philology.  He  was  instructor  in 
Latin  there  for  a  part  of  the  spring  term  of  1890,  and  holds  the  same  ap- 
pointment for  the  ensuing  year. 

668.  Arthur  Lynn  Stevens,  b.  i  October,  1863,  in  Jefferson,  N.  Y.  After 
four  years  spent  in  the  high  schools  of  Lincoln  and  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  1881 
he  entered  Illinois  College  and  in  1S84  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 
He  served  one  term  as  treasurer  of  Phi  Alpha.  At  the  close  of  his  college 
course  he  attended  the  University  of  Michigan  and  in  1S85-86  taught  the 
sciences  in  the  Jacksonville  high  school.  After  special  studies  at  Harvard 
during  the  ensuing  summer,  Mr.  Stevens  was  called  to  a  position  as  teacher 
in  "Das  Nationale  Deutsch-Americanische  Lehrer  Seminar "  of  Milwaukee, 
Wis.  Ill  health,  however,  compelled  him  to  resign  in  1888  after  two  years 
of  successful  work  there  ;  but  in  i88g  he  became  the  principal  of  the  high 
school  at  Council  Bluffs,  la.  Mr.  Stevens  had  the  honor  of  being  made  a 
member  of  the  Berlin  Chemical  Society. 

669.  William  Horace  Jumper,  b.  i  October,  1S61,  in  Jacksonville,  ifl. 
He  attended  the  Morgan  county  district  schools  and  for  two  years  was  a 
student  in  Whipple  Academy.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  office  of  chaplain. 
He  was  a  farmer  near  Jacksonville  for  a  while  and  is  now  a  teamster  in  the 
city. 

670.  William  Gardner,  b.  i86r,  at  Owen  Sound,  Ontario,  Canada.  He 
attended  Mitchell  Seminary,  Mitchellville,  la.,  for  two  years  previous  to 
coming  to  Jacksonville,  and  then  taught  in  the  Young  Ladies  Athenaeum 
in  Jacksonville  for  two  years  before  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1882.  He 
continued  his  duties  as  teacher  while  a  student  until  he  was  graduated  in 
1884  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  acted  as  critic  for  two  years. 
The  year  after  graduation  he  spent  at  Johns  Hopkins  and  then  began  the 
study  of  law  with  R.  D.  Russell  (see  No.  449)  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.  In  one 
year  he  was  admitted  to  the  supreme  court  of  Minnesota  and  in  the  early 
part  of  1887  began  the  practice  of  law  at  Rapid  City,  S.  Dak.,  where  he  is  still 
in  business. 

671.  William  Nance  Lewis,  b.  13  September,  1859,  ^'  Abingdon,  111. 
After  studying  in  the  high  school  of  Macomb,  111.,  in  1882  he  became  a 
member  of  the  freshman  class  in  Illinois  College.  He  served  in  Phi  Alpha 
as  librarian  and  chaplain.  In  1886  he  was  graduated  from  the  scientific  de- 
partment and  for  a  few  months  taught  school  in  Stromsburg,  Neb.  For 
two  years  he  conducted  a  drug  store  and  a  restaurant  in  the  west  and  is 
at  present  an  agent  in  real  estate  in  Denver,  Col.,  and  also  has  control  of 
a  brick  yard  near  that  city. 

672.  Donald   Cameron   Catlin,   b.  7  October,  1867,  in  Jacksonville,  III. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  135 

He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in 
Whipple  Academy  and  in  1884  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  He 
was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1S88  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  held  in 
Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  vice-president.  During  the  summer  following  gradua- 
tion he  was  clerk  in  D.B.  and  H.B.  Smith's  music  house  of  Jacksonville 
and  then  for  one  year  traveled  in  Illinois  and  Indiana  for  Ward  brothers 
of  Jacksonville.  In  September  of  18S9  he  became  a  reporter  on  the  "Jack- 
sonville Journal  "  and  still  retains  this  position. 

673.  Eugene  David  Holmes,  b.  in  1858  in  Ashford,  N.  Y.  He  was  a 
student  in  Mitchell  Seminary,  Mitchellville,  la.,  and  in  Iowa  College,  Grin- 
nell,  la.  In  iSSi  he  entered  the  junior  class  of  Illinois  College  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  18S3  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  After  teaching  for  a 
short  time  in  the  Young  Ladies  Athenaeum  of  Jacksonville,  in  1884  he 
accepted  the  position  of  principal  of  the  Minneapolis  Academ}'  of  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.,  which  he  fills  at  the  present  time. 

674.  Frank  Read,  jr.,  b.  12  August,  1866,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  spent 
nine  years  in  the  city  public  schools  and  became  a  student  in  Whipple 
Academy  in  1882.  In  1S84  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  and 
was  graduated  in  1888  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the 
ofl5ce  of  chaplain.  In  1888-89  he  traveled  in  the  western  states  in  the  inter- 
ests of  Ward  brothers  of  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Read  accepted  the  position 
of  supervisor  at  the  Illinois  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  at  Jackson- 
ville, where  he  is  at  present. 

675.  Clarence  Jordan  was  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  in  1882-85 
after  which  he  became  a  preacher  in  the  Methodist  church.  For  some  time 
he  was  employed  at  the  Illinois  Institution  for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb.  He 
is  now  preaching  in  northern  Kansas. 

676.  Charles  Albert  Cohenour,  b.  6  November,  1864,  in  Greenville,  111. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Assumption,  111.,  and  in  1882  became  a 
member  of  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College.  He  continued  at  college 
for  one  year  and  then  taught  school  near  Pana,  111.,  until  1885.  He  then 
studied  for  two  years  at  the  National  Normal  University  of  Lebanon,  0.» 
Since  1887  he  has  been  a  teacher  in  the  Northern  Iowa  Normal  School,  Al- 
gona,  la. 

677.  Robert  Henry  Kirkwood  Whiteley,  b.  6  July,  1S66,  in  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.  He  was  a  student  in  Whipple  Academ)'  for  one  year  and  then  en- 
tered Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1887  with  the  salutatory  and 
the  degree  of  B.S.  and  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  offices  of  librarian  and  critic. 
After  graduation  he  engaged  as  a  reporter  for  one  year  on  the  "  Evening 
Star  "  of  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  and  then  became  political  reporter  for  the 
"Tribune,"  of  the  same  city.  In  the  fall  of  1S89  he  accepted  the  position  of 
city  editor  of  the  "  Minneapolis  Times,"  which  office  he  still  holds. 

678.  Alfred  Ewington  entered  the  sophomore  class  of  Illinois  College 
in  1882  and  left  after  one  year.  His  home  was  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
then  taught  school  in  Sangamon  county  and  later  at  Oakland,  Tenn.  He  is 
still  teaching  somewhere  in  Tennessee. 

679.  William  Joseph  Lane,  b.  30  September,  1864,  near  Meredosia,  111. 


136  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

He  gained  an  early  education  in  the  city  schools  and  high  school  of  Jack- 
sonville and  in  18S2  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College.  He  served  two 
terms  as  chaplain  of  Phi  Alpha.  Leaving  college  in  1884  he  taught  school 
for  one  year  southeast  of  Lynnville,  111.,  and  in  1885  he  attended  De  Pauw 
University.  For  two  years  he  was  supervisor  at  the  Illinois  Institution  for 
the  Deaf  and  Dumb,  Jacksonville,  and  in  18S9-90  attended  the  theological 
department  of  Boston  University. 

680.  William  David  Humphrey,  b.  3  January,  1863,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  attending  the  city  public  schools  he  became  a  student  in  Illinois 
College  in  1882.  While  an  active  member  of  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  posi- 
tion of  corresponding  secretary.  He  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1885 
with  the  degree  of  B.  S.  and  then  entered  the  Chicago  Medical  College  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1889.  He  is  now  practicing  medicine  in  Vir- 
ginia, 111. 

681.  Hugh  Monroe  Wilson,  b.  29  June,  1866,  in  Jacksonville,  III.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  city  public  schools  and  became  a  student 
in  Illinois  College  in  1882.  He  spent  the  year  1883-84  working  in  his 
father's  planing  mill,  but  returned  next  year.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the 
position  of  recording  secretarj-.  In  1886  he  won  second  prize  in  the  Illinois 
intercollegiate  oratorical  contest.  He  was  graduated  in  18S7  with  the  degree 
of  B.S.  and  then  took  a  position  as  reporter  on  the  "Jacksonville  Journal." 
In  March,  188S,  he  became  court  reporter  on  the  "  Evening  Star"  of  Minne- 
apolis, Minn.,  and  held  this  position  until  July  of  the  same  year  when  he 
accepted  the  assistant  editorship  of  the  "Mississippi  Valley  Lumberman" 
of  Minneapolis.  He  still  holds  this  position  in  addition  to  the  editorship 
of  the  "Furniture  News,"  a  monthly  publication. 

682.  Ferdinand  Ludwig  Strawn,  b.  7  June,  1S67,  in  Heidelberg,  Ger- 
many. When  young  he  removed  to  this  country  and  for  a  short  time  studied 
in  private  schools  in  Boston,  Mass.,  and  then  in  Whipple  Academy.  He 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1S83  and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1886 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.  Mr.  Strawn  has  since  been  farming  near  Jackson- 
ville. 

683.  Frank  Parsons  Norbury,  b.  5  August,  1863,  in  Beardstown,  Cass 
CO.,  111.  In  1881  he  was  graduated  from  the  Beardstown  high  school  and  in 
18S2-S3  was  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  1885  he  began  the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  George  Bley  of  Beardstown  and  then  studied  in  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  and  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  He  was  graduated  from  the  Long  Island 
College  Hospital  in  1S88  and  became  assistant  physician  at  the  Pennsj-lvania 
Institution  for  Feeble  Minded  Children.  After  a  few  months  Dr.  Norbury 
resigned  this  position  to  accept  a  similar  one  in  the  Illinois  Central  Hospital 
for  the  Insane  at  Jacksonville,  111.,  where  he  is  still  emplo3ed. 

684.  Julius  Gates  Strawn,  b.  4  May,  1863,  at  Alexander,  III.  After  at- 
tending the  Jacksonville  schools  and  graduating  from  the  high  school  in 
1881  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1882.  He  left  in  18S5  on  account  of 
ill  health  and  since  then  has  been  farming  near  Alexander. 


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1883-84 

685.  John  William  Brown,  b.  17  September,  1866,  at  Auburn,  111.  He 
went  to  the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  in  1883  entered  Whipple 
Academy.  In  1886  he  left  college  and  during  the  year  following  attended 
the  Springfield  Business  College. 

686.  Rufus  James  Coultas,  b.  19  July,  1864,  near  Winchester,  Scott  co..  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  Virden,  Macoupin  co.,  including  the 
high  school,  he  became  in  1883  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  He  was 
graduated  with  the  class  of  '87,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.S.  The  follow- 
ing two  years  he  spent  in  the  study  of  medicine  and  surgery  at  Michigan 
University  and  the  next  year  in  the  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College, 
N.  Y.,  from  which  he  was  graduated  last  March.  Dr.  Coultas  is  now  settled 
in  Mattoon.  111.,  and  in  his  profession  intends  to  make  specialties  of  the  eye, 
ear,  and  throat. 

687.  Lewis  Edgar  Jackson,  b.  18  August,  1S63,  in  Athensville,  Greene 
CO.,  111.  His  early  instruction  was  received  in  the  schools  of  Greene  county. 
In  1882  he  entered  Whipple  Academy  and  left  after  a  year  and  a  half.  He 
entered  business  in  Roodhouse,  111.,  in  1886. 

688.  Albert  Furman  Sample,  b.  8  August,  1859,  in  Franklin,  111.  He 
obtained  a  rudimentary  education  in  the  Morgan  county  schools.  In  the 
fall  of  1883  he  became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  but  remained  only  a 
few  months.  For  one  year  he  pursued  a  course  in  the  Business  College  of 
Jacksonville,  III. 

689.  Robert  Kelley  Baptist,  b.  11  July,  1866,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
was  a  pupil  in  the  city  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  Whipple  Academy 
until  his  entrance  to  Illinois  College  in  i838.  He  left  in  his  freshman  year. 
Since  1889  he  has  on  alternate  Sundays  filled  the  pulpit  of  the  Portuguese 
Presbyterian  church  of  Jacksonville,  111.  He  also  attended  the  Jackson- 
ville Business  College  for  a  few  months. 

690.  Fred  Henry  Rankin,  b.  18  May,  1865,  in  Athens,  Menard  co.,  111. 
After  attending  the  district  schools  in  Menard  county,  in  18S3  he  entered 
the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College.  He  completed  the  sophomore  year 
and  immediately  after  entered  the  real  estate  business  with  his  father  at 
Athens.  In  1889  he  married  Miss  Rice  of  Jacksonville.  Mr.  Rankin  is 
now  farming  near  his  native  place. 

691.  Josiah  Jones,  b.  27  February,  1865  at  Dunlap,  Peoria  co.,  111.  He 
was  a  student  in  the  schools  of  Menard  county  and  for  one  year  in 
Whipple  Academy.  In  1885-86  he  taught  a  district  school  in  Menard 
county  and  then  began  farming  near  Sweetwater,  111.  He  commenced  the 
study  of  medicine  in  1887  under  Dr.  E.  M.  Northcott  of  Sweetwater  and 
then  attended  Rush  Medical  College  of  Chicago  for  four  terms,  when  he 
was  graduated  in  March,  1890. 

692.  Joseph  De  Silva,  jr.,  b.  8  August,  1869,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  Whipple  Academy. 
He  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1886  and  will  be  graduated 
this  year  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 

693.  Raymond  Woods,  b.  7  November,  1868,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  After 
attending  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  Whipple  Academy,  he  be- 


138  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

came  in  1883  a  member  of  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College.  In  Phi 
Alpha  he  served  as  librarian.  He  completed  the  scientific  course  with 
the  class  of  1S89  and  soon  after  was  employed  as  telegraph  operator  at 
Chase,  Kan.,  on  the  line  of  the  Atchison,  Topcka  and  Santa  Fc  railroad. 
He  is  now  an  agent  at  Brainard,  Minn.,  for  the  Northern  Pacific  railroad. 

694.  John  Anthony  Walker,  b.  15  August,  1869,  at  Berlin,  111.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  at  the  public  schools  of  Ashland,  111.,  and  at 
Whipple  Academy,  and  in  18S5  entered  fllinois  College.  He  was  graduated 
with  the  class  of  1889  taking  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  during  the  following 
year  taught  school  at  Berlin,  111.  He  is  now  studying  medicine,  besides 
taking  a  special  course  in  chemistry  at  his  alma  mater. 

695.  George  Montgomery  Burrus,  b.  18  December,  1862,  at  Meredosia, 
Morgan  co..  III.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Meredosia,  the  high 
school  at  Waverly,  111.,  and  the  Chicago  University  for  one  year,  and  in  1882 
entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1SS5  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 
and  the  following  year  taught  school  near  Naples,  III.  In  1886  he  married 
Julia  Ryeland  of  Meredosia  and  during  this  same  year  was  teacher  of  a 
school  at  Rising,  Champaign  co..  111.  He  was  proprietor  of  a  grocery  store 
at  Staunton,  Kan.,  in  1SS7  and  since  1SS8  has  been  teaching  near  Meredosia. 

696.  James  Gallaher  Russel,  b.  20  August,  1862  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  attended  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  the  business  college  in 
1880-S1.  For  the  next  two  years  he  was  with  his  father  in  the  dry  goods 
business  and  in  1883  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College.  He  was  gradu- 
ated in  1S88  with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  delivered  the  salutatory.  In  Phi 
Alpha  he  held  the  offices  of  chaplain  and  librarian.  Since  graduation  he 
has  been  stud3'ing  for  the  ministry  at  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New 
York  City,  having  in  the  summer  of  1889  engaged  in  the  Sunday  school 
work  in  Michigan  and  this  summer  preaching  in  Forest  City,  S.  Dak. 

697.  Abraham  Lincoln  Loar,  b.  25  February,  1867,  in  Morgan  county, 
111.  He  was  a  pupil  in  the  district  schools  of  Shelby  and  Morgan  counties 
and  in  Whipple  Academy  until  1884,  when  he  entered  Illinois  College. 
After  studying  in  college  for  two  )'ears  he  taught  school  in  Morgan  county. 
Since  1S87  he  has  been  employed  as  a  civil  engineer  in  Jacksonville,  111. 

698.  Harrison  Lincoln  Forbes,  b.  10  July,  1867,  near  Bloomington,  111. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  district  schools  of  McLean  county 
and  in  Whipple  Academy,  and  in  1S85  entered  Illinois  College,  leaving  at 
the  end  of  his  freshman  year.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  acted  as  treasurer.  He 
studied  law  at  Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  in  1886-8S  and  at  the  Chicago  Law  Col- 
lege till  1890.     He  is  now  a  clerk  of  the  World's  Fair  committee  at  Chicago. 

699.  Nathaniel  English,  b.  26  June,  1865,  in  Mason  county,  W.  Va.  He 
is  a  son  of  James  W.  English  1S48  (see  No.  19)  and  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  and  of  Carrollton,  111.,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1883.  He  left  after  his  junior  year  and  for  some  time  was  in 
business  in  Wichita,  Kan.  He  was  then  employed  on  the  Chicago  and 
Alton  railway  as  civil  engineer  and  later  took  a  six  months'  course  in 
engineering  in  the  University  of  Illinois  at  Champaign.  Mr.  English  is 
now  in  the  west,  aiding  in  the  construction  of  a  railroad. 


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1884-85 


700.  Samuel  Henry  Sheppard,  b.  24  November,  1864,  in  Jacksonville, 
III.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  entered  Whipple  Academy,  in 
1884,  where  he  continued  for  one  year.  He  afterwards  studied  medicine 
with  Drs.  Pitner  and  Malone  of  Jacksonville  and  is  at  present  engaged  at 
the  Central  Illinois  Hospital  for  tl^e  Insane. 

701.  Walter  Scott  Beadles,  b.  3  October,  1867,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
After  being  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  for  one  year  in  Whipple 
Academy,  in  1885  he  entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  B.A,  in  1889.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  was  librarian  for  one  term  and  in 
October,  1888,  he  took  second  prize  at  the  Illinois  inter-collegiate  orator- 
ical contest.  In  the  summer  of  1889  he  conducted  a  boot  and  shoe  store  in 
Guthrie,  Oklahoma,  and  in  the  fall  of  that  year  he  began  the  study  of  law  at 
the  Columbia  Law  School,  New  York  City. 

702.  John  Peter  Luthringer,  b.  6  September,  1868,  in  Petersburg,  111. 
After  attending  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  in  the  fall  of  1884  he 
joined  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  and  finished  his  sophomore 
year.  For  one  year  he  was  clerk  in  a  drug  store  in  Petersburg  and  in  1888 
he  completed  a  course  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  in  Chicago.  Since  that 
time  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Petersburg,  111. 

703.  George  Benton  Watkins,  b.  2  March,  1867,  in  Petersburg,  111. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Petersburg  and  in  1884  he  entered  Illinois 
College.  He  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  1888  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 
and  held  the  office  of  treasurer  in  Phi  Alpha.  During  the  year  following 
his  graduation  he  taught  school  near  Petersburg  and  in  the  summer  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Charles  Nusbaum.  He  is  now  teaching  at  Oakford, 
Menard  co..  111. 

704.  Thomas  Wiswall,  b.  15  January,  1870,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  the  cit)'  schools  until  18S4,  when  he  became  a  student  in  Illinois 
College.  In  1887  he  left  college  and  now  lives  on  a  farm  near  Alexander, 
111. 

705.  Samuel  Wing,  b.  23  August,  1S64,  near  Chandlerville,  111.  He 
was  a  student  in  the  district  schools  at  Chandlerville  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1884.  He  left  in  1885  and  since  then  has  been  farming  near 
Chandlerville. 

706.  William  Edward  McElfresh,  b.  5  October,  1867,  in  Griggsville, 
Pike  CO.,  111.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Jacksonville  public 
schools,  attended  the  Quincy  high  school  and  Whipple  Academy  for  one 
year  each  and  in  1884  entered  Illinois  College.  He  was  graduated  in  1888 
with  the  degree  of  B.A.  and  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  recording  secre- 
tary. After  graduation  he  became  traveling  agent  for  the  Tunison  map 
company  of  Jacksonville  and  in  1889  became  general  agent  of  the  same 
for  Canada,  being  stationed  at  Toronto,  Ontario. 

707.  Andrew  Means  Craig,  b.  9  October,  1861,  in  Reidsburg,  Pa.  He 
was  a  student  in  the  district  schools  of  Van  Buren  county,  la.,  at  Vernon, 
la.,  and  in  1879-80  in  Keosauqua,  la.  In  1882-S4  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Northern  Pacific  railway  at  Brainard,  Minn.     He  entered  Illinois  College 


I40  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

in  1884,  remained  out  the  following  year  to  teach  school  in  Morgan  county, 
and  again  entered  college  to  complete  the  course.  He  was  graduated  in 
1889  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  and  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  offices  of  correspond- 
ing secretary  and  president.  Mr.  Craig  is  now  teaching  the  sciences  in  the 
Jacksonville  high  school. 

708.  Joseph  Benjamin  Pillsbury,  b.  24  December,  1866,  in  Petersburg, 
111.  He  is  a  son  of  Jos.  H.  Pillsbury  (see  No.  53)  and  attended  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1884.  He 
left  the  institution  in  1886  and  took  up  farming,  in  which  he  is  still  engaged 
in  Menard  county,  III. 

709.  Frank  Edwin  Drury,  b.  11  June,  1868,  at  Orleans,  Morgan  co.,  111. 
He  studied  the  common  branches  in  the  district  schools  of  Morgan  county, 
became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy  in  1884,  and  entered  Illinois  College 
the  following  year.  He  completed  the  agricultural  course  in  1889  and  since 
then  has  been  engaged  in  farming  near  Orleans,  111. 

710.  Arthur  Lilburn  Dyer,  b.  18  January,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  His  early 
education  he  received  at  Wichita,  Kan.,  in  the  public  schools  and  afterwards 
became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy.  In  1885  he  became  a  freshman  in 
Illinois  College,  but  as  soon  as  the  year  was  completed  he  began  the  study 
of  pharmacy,  in  which  he  is  at  present  engaged  in  Wichita. 

1885-86 

711.  Byron  Frank  Spellman  attended  Whipple  Academy  in  18S5-86. 
His  home  was  then  in  Lynnville,  111. 

712.  William  Tulloch  Wilson,  b.  29  November,  1870,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  His  early  education  was  received  at  the  public  schools  and  in  1885  he 
entered  Whipple  Academy,  where  he  continued  with  the  exception  of  the 
year  1886-7.  In  1889  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  and  is  at 
present  pursuing  the  classical  course. 

713.  Harry  M.  Capps,  b.  23  October,  1869,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was 
a  student  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  after  being  two  years  in 
Whipple  Academy  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1886.  In  Phi  Alpha  he 
held  the  offices  of  treasurer  and  vice-president,  and  is  now  president.  He 
will  be  graduated  this  year,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.A. 

714.  William  Francis  Skillman,  b.  13  November,  1864,  at  Hervey  City, 
111.  After  r^eiving  his  early  education  at  Sulphur  Springs,  Texas,  he  en- 
tered Whipple  Academy  in  1S84  and  Illinois  College  in  the  following  year, 
where  he  remained  until  1887.  Mr.  Skillman  is  now  in  the  tanning,  sad- 
dlery, and  harness  business  at  Sulphur  Springs. 

715.  Robert  Logan  Henry,  b.  5  February,  1869,  in  Burlington,  la.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  Burlington  public  schools,  and  in  18S5  he 
entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  and  completed  one  year. 
After  spending  some  time  in  the  drug  business  at  Burlington,  he  was  em- 
ployed in  the  wholesale  department  of  Marshall  Field  and  company, 
Chicago.  While  engaged  in  this  work  he  was  taken  ill,  and  on  July  19, 1888, 
he  died.  Mr.  Henry  was  the  son  of  Dr.  G.  R.  Henry,  (see  No.  5)  one  of  the 
founders  of  Phi  Alpha,  and  had  a  remarkably  bright  mind. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  14I 

716.  Harvey  George  Cooley,  b.  12  January,  1862,  in  Waverly,  N.  Y.  He 
attended  the  Paw  Paw  Classical  Seminary  and  then  spent  the  years  1885-87 
in  Whipple  Academy.  In  1887-S9  he  attended  the  Chicago  Theological 
Seminary,  teaching  for  some  time  near  Alma,  Michigan.  The  next  year  he 
entered  Union  Theological  Seminary,  New  York  City,  where  he  is  at  present 
engaged  in  study. 

717.  James  Marquis  Duer,  b.  5  June,  1S73,  at  Pisgah,  Morgan  co.,  111. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  of  Morgan  county  and  was  enrolled  as 
student  of  Whipple  Academy  in  1884,  where  he  has  since  continued. 

718.  Frederick  Warren  Sanford,  b.  28  April,  1870,  Tallula,  Menard 
CO.,  111.  He  received  his  early  education  at  the  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  in  the  fall  of  1885  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College. 
After  leaving  in  1886  for  one  year,  he  again  entered  the  sophomore  class  and 
will  be  graduated  this  year,  receiving  the  degree  of  B.S.  and  delivering  the 
Latin  salutatory  and  a  philosophical  oration.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  has  been 
recording  secretary  and  is  now  critic. 

719.  William  Daniel  Doying,  b.  7  October,  1870,  at  Carlyle,  111.  He 
studied  in  the  city  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  one  year  in  Whipple  Acade- 
my. In  1887  he  attended  the  business  college  of  Jacksonville.  He  began 
the  following  year  to  learn  the  printer's  trade  and  has  since  been  employed 
b)'  the  "Jacksonville  Courier"  as  a  tj'pe  setter. 

720.  Robert  James  Frackelton,  b.  11  June,  1868,  in  Chandlerville,  111. 
After  preparation  in  the  Petersburg  (111.)  public  schools  and  high  school,  he 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1885,  and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  '88  with  the 
degree  of  B.S.  He  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  librarian.  He  is  now 
employed  in  the  bank  of  D.  S.  Frackelton  and  company,  of  Petersburg. 

721.  Louis  Robinson  Golden,  b.  10  August,  1868,  in  Petersburg,  111.  He 
attended  the  high  school  in  that  city  and  in  1885  he  entered  Whipple  Acade- 
my, but  left  at  the  end  of  first  term.  In  1886  he  began  a  course  at  the  Jack- 
sonville Business  College,  which  he  completed  in  April  of  that  year.  He  is 
now  one  of  the  firm  of  Golden  and  Son,  which  conducts  a  grocery  business 
in  Petersburg. 

722.  Mark  Frederick  Hinrichsen,  b.  26  July,  1867,  near  Alexander, 
Morgan  co.,  111.  In  1885  he  began  to  study  in  Whipple  Academy,  but  con- 
tinued only  one  term.  He  is  now  farming  near  Alexander,  Morgan  co., 
111. 

723.  Frank  Lee  Thompson,  b.  i  May,  1867,  in  Louisville,  Ky.  After 
receiving  his  early  education  in  the  schools  of  Virden  he  ent€red  Illinois 
College  in  1885  and  completed  the  freshman  year.  Since  1886  he  has  been 
associated  with  his  father  in  publishing  the  "  Roodhouse  Eye,"  Rood- 
house,  111. 

724.  Fred  Davenport,  b.  9  November,  1867,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  and  in  1885  became  a  member  of  the  freshman 
class  of  Illinois  College.  In  1888  he  entered  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic 
Institute  at  Troy,  N.  Y.,  where  he  has  since  been  pursuing  the  study  of  civil 
engineering. 

725.  Lee  Canfield  Butler,  b.  18  September,  1868,  in  Griggsville,  111.  He 
attended   the  public  schools  in  the  place  of  his  birth  and  in  1885  became  a 


142  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

Student  in  Illinois  College.  He  did  not  complete  the  year  and  has  since 
1886  been  farming  near  Griggsville,  111.  He  married  in  1889  Mrs.  Evelyn 
Williams,  of  Grigjisvillc.     He  is  brother  of  E.  W.  Butler  (see  No.  589). 

726.  Ernest  Henry  Sanford,  b.  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was  a  student 
in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  and  in  18S5  entered  Illinois  College. 
He  pursued  his  studies  for  one  year,  and  then  removed  to  Jamestown,  Dak., 
where  he  has  since  been  connected  with  a  daily  paper. 

727.  George  Robert  Brown,  b.  16  March,  1867,  at  Divernon,  111.  After 
attending  the  district  school  near  Divernon,  he  entered  Whipple  Academy 
in  the  fall  of  1884.  From  the  academy  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1886 
and  completed  the  agricultural  course  with  the  class  of  1889.  He  is  at  pres- 
ent clerking  in  a  hardware  store  at  Divernon. 

728.  Sidney  Locock  Lasell,  b.  31  October,  1870,  in  Orange,  N.  J.  He 
prepared  for  college  in  the  Dearborn  Morgan  school,  and  in  Martin  Biihler's 
school  of  Orange.  He  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1886  and  remained 
one  year.  In  1887  he  was  graduated  from  the  Illinois  Conservatory  of 
Music  in  Jacksonville.  The  next  fall  he  entered  the  academical  department 
in  Yale,  where  he  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  junior  class. 

729.  William  Newel  Filson,  b.  17  October,  1861,  at  Orleans,  Morgan  ca., 
111.  He  studied  at  the  Illinois  Wesleyan  Universit}'  at  Bloomington,  111., 
and  entered  Illinois  College  in  18S5.  In  Phi  Alpha  he  held  the  office  of 
chaplain.  He  was  graduated  in  1S89  with  the  degree  of  B.S.  and  delivered 
the  salutatory.  Since  graduation  he  has  been  engaged  in  teaching  in  the 
Jacksonville  high  school.  Mr.  Filson  also  during  the  year  pursued  a 
special  course  in  chemistry  at  his  alma  mater. 

1886-87 

730.  John  Case  Brewer,  b.  22  March,  1867,  in  Everettstown,  N.  J.  He 
attended  Lewis  College  at  Glasgow,  Mo.,  in  1885,  and  the  following  year 
became  a  student  in  Whipple  Academy,  where  he  remained  for  two  years. 
Since  1888  Mr.  Brewer  has  been  employed  at  the  Central  Illinois  Hospital  for 
the  Insane  at  Jacksonville. 

731.  William  H.  Moulton,  b.  19  January,  1S69,  in  Waverly,  III.  He 
received  a  preparatory  education  in  the  high  school  of  his  native  town  and 
in  18S6  he  became  a  student  in  Illinois  College.  In  18S7  he  began  a  course 
in  civil  engineering  at  the  University  of  Illinois,  Champaign. 

732.  Robert  Edward  Lee  Montgomery,  b.  3  March,  1870,  in  Jackson- 
ville, 111.  He  attended  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  was  a  student  in 
Whipple  Academy  in  1887-88.  He  is  now  studying  law  with  Morrison  and 
Whitlock  in  Jacksonville. 

733.  Theodore  Tapper  Curtiss,  b.  8  September,  1S70,  in  Waverly,  111. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  Waverly  public  school  and  in  Whipple 
Academy  and  in  1887  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  where  he  has 
since  been  pursuing  the  classical  course. 

734.  William  Geider  Shearburn,  b.  13  December,  1865,  in  Chesterfield, 
111.  For  a  few  months  in  1S86  he  attended  Whipple  Academy.  Since  1887 
he  has  been  at  work  on  a  farm  near  Wayne,  Du  Page  co.,  111. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  I43 

735.  Percy  Harold  Epler,  b.  19  July,  1872,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  and  in  Whipple  Academy  until  1888,  when  he 
became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  taking  the  classical  course.  He  is 
at  present  librarian  of  Phi  Alpha. 

736.  Louis  William  Dunavan,  b.  2  June,  1866,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  a  district  school  near  Jacksonville,  and 
entered  Illinois  College  in  1S82.  He  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '87 
receiving  the  degree  of  B.S.  After  graduation  he  taught  school  one  year 
and  then  studied  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Pitner  of  Jacksonville.  The  past  year 
he  has  been  pursuing  a  course  at  the  Chicago  Medical  College. 

737.  William  Dustin  Robinson,  b.  22  August,  1870,  at  Summer  Hill, 
Pike  CO.,  111.  He  is  a  son  of  Seth  Robinson,  (see  No.  332)  and  first  attended 
a  district  school  near  Summer  Hill  and  then  a  grammar  school  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, Cal.  After  studying  two  3'ears  in  Whipple  Academy,  he  became  a 
freshman  in  Illinois  College  in  1888,  where  he  is  now  pursuing  the  classical 
course. 

738.  William  Brown,  jr.,  b.  24  October,  1870,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
also  is  a  son  of  an  old  "  Phi,"  William  Brown  (see  No.  214).  After 
spending  three  years  in  Whipple  Academy,  in  i888  he  entered  Illinois 
College.  In  the  spring  of  1889  he  received  an  appointment  to  the  United 
States  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  which  he  entered  after  attending  a 
preparatory  academy  near  West  Point. 

739.  Lucius  Dole  Skinner,  b.  24  October,  1870,  in  Du  Quoin,  III.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  Du  Quoin  public  schools.  In  1886  he 
became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  where  he  will  be  graduated  this 
month  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 

740.  Charles  Otis  Swift,  b.  10  August,  1868,  near  Waverly,  111.  After  he 
had  studied  in  the  district  schools  and  Whipple  Academy,  he  entered 
Illinois  College  in  1886.  He  left  in  the  spring  of  18S7  and  studied  one  year 
at  Chaddock  College  in  Quinc_v,  111.,  and  since  that  time  has  been  teaching 
in  the  public  schools  of  Sangamon  county. 

741.  Alexander  Lewis  Osbornson,  b.  i  July,  1867,  at  Hegg,  Trempealeau 
CO.,  Wis.  He  was  a  student  in  the  district  schools  of  Trempealeau  county, 
in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago,  and  for  the  years  1886-S8  in  Whipple 
Academy.  He  then  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College,  pursuing  the 
classical  course  and  has  just  been  compelled  to  leave  college  on  account  of 
ill  health.     He  has  served  Phi  Alpha  as  chaplain  and  recording  secretary. 

742.  Robert  Tilton,  b.  27  November,  1865,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
went  to  the  public  schools  and  entered  Whipple  Academy  in  1887,  where 
he  pursued  studies  for  one  year.  He  then  commenced  to  study  law  with 
Morrison  and  Whitlock  of  Jacksonville,  and  in  1889  was  admitted  to  the 
practice  of  law,  in  which  he  is  now  engaged  in  Jacksonville. 

743.  Bertel  Morgan  Stoddard,  b.  21  January,  1871,  in  Minonk,  111.  He 
attended  the  Minonk  high  school  and  was  enrolled  in  Whipple  Academy 
in  1886.  He  entered  Illinois  College  the  following  year  and  has  since 
been  taking  the  scientific  course.  In  society  he  holds  the  position  of 
treasurer. 

744.  Franklin  Howard  Boggs,  b.  December  30,  1865,  in  Champaign  co., 


144  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

111.  He  attended  a  country  school  and  then  for  two  years  the  Tuscola  (111.) 
high  school,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1885.  After  spending  the  year 
1886-87  as  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  he  attended  the  University  of 
Illinois  for  one  year,  and  since  1888  has  studied  at  Union  College  of  Law, 
Chicago,  where  he  will  be  graduated  this  year  and  admitted  to  the  bar. 

745.  William  Channing  Pilcher,  b.  6  January,  1S6S,  at  Newmansville, 
111.  He  is  the  son  of  an  old  "  Phi,"  William  H.  Pilcher,  (see  No.  294)  and 
received  his  early  schooling  in  Chandlerville,  111.,  where  he  also  attended 
the  high  school.  He  spent  the  year  1886-87  in  Whipple  Academy  and  since 
then  has  been  clerking  in  his  father's  store  in  Chandlerville. 

746.  Albert  Morris  Cross,  b.  30  June,  1869,  in  Finlay,  O.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  Grand  Haven,  Mich.,  and  in 
Dennison  University,  Granville,  O.  In  1887  he  entered  the  junior  class 
of  Illinois  College  and  completed  the  classical  course  with  the  class  of  '88. 
For  one  year  he  studied  law  with  E.  L.  McDonald  of  Jacksonville  (see  No. 
440).  In  1889-90  Mr.  Cross  was  assistant  principal  in  the  high  school  at 
Virginia,  Illinois,  and  is  now  again  studying  law  in  Jacksonville. 

747.  James  Douglas  Smith,  jr.,  b.  20  July,  1S68,  at  Island  Grove,  Mor- 
gan  CO.,  111.  He,  too.  is  the  son  of  an  old  "  Phi  "  (see  No.  163).  After  being 
in  the  public  schools  at  Island  Grove,  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1884 
and  was  graduated  with  the  class  of  '89.  He  is  at  present  engaged  with  his 
father  in  the  live-stock  business  at  New  Berlin,  111. 

1887-88 

748.  Aurelius  Willard  Bartlett,  b.  27  July,  1869,  in  Virden,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Virden  and  then  for  two  years  was  in  Whip- 
ple Academy.  In  1888  he  entered  Illinois  College,  where  he  is  now  taking 
the  classical  course. 

749.  Robert  Frederick  Lenington,  b.  16  March,  1871,  at  Rio  Claro, 
Brazil.  After  coming  to  the  United  States  in  1SS4,  he  attended  for  two 
years  the  preparatory  department  of  Wooster  University,  Wooster,  Ohio. 
His  parents  removing  to  Jacksonville  in  1886,  he  studied  in  Whipple 
Academy  for  one  year.  In  1887  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College 
and  has  since  been  taking  the  classical  course.  He  is  now  serving  as 
chaplain  of  Phi  Alpha. 

750.  Howard  Churchill  Schaub,  b.  21  June,  1S63  at  Charleston,  111.  In 
1884  he  attended  the  Jacksonville  Business  College  and  in  1887-88  took 
special  studies  in  Illinois  College.  Since  18S4  he  has  worked  variously  at 
the  printing  business  in  Jacksonville,  Chicago,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Boston, 
Mass.,  and  in  other  cities.  Mr.  Schaub  now  fills  the  position  of  city  editor  of 
the  "  Decatur  (111.)  Morning  Review." 

751.  Edward  Scott  Pike,  b.  2  June,  1870.  at  Chenoa,  111.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  the  Chenoa  high  school,  and  entered  Illinois  College 
in  1S87,  where  he  is  at  present  pursuing  the  scientific  course. 

752.  Samuel  Brown  Stewart,  b.  10  September,  1868,  in  Annapolis,  Md. 
In  1884  he  removed  to  Illinois  and  after  attending  the  Jacksonville  public 
schools  and  Whipple  Academy  he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1887  and  is 
now  a  junior  in  the  scientific  course. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  145 

753*  Joseph  Almarin  Capps,  b.  2S  February,  1872,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  received  preparatory  education  in  the  public  schools  and  in  Whipple 
Academy,  which  he  attended  in  1884-87.  He  then  became  a  freshman  in 
Illinois  College  taking  the  classical  course  which  he  has  since  continued. 
At  present  he  holds  the  office  of  corresponding  secretary  of  Phi  Alpha. 

754.  Jacob  Foster  Tomlin,  b.  26  January,  1867,  near  Pleasant  Plains, 
111.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of  Sangamon  county  and  in  1887  began 
the  agricultural  course  at  Illinois  College,  where  he  was  a  student  for  two 
years.     Since  18S9  he  has  been  farming  near  Pleasant  Plains. 

755.  Maurice  Bell  Keplinger,  b.  2  June,  1871,  at  Franklin,  111.  After 
completing  the  course  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  he  attended 
Whipple  Academy  in  1886-87,  and  the  )'ear  following  was  admitted  to  the 
freshman  class  of  Illinois  College,  where  he  has  since  pursued  the  scien- 
tific course.  He  has  held  in  Phi  Alpha  the  office  of  treasurer  and  is  now 
vice-president. 

756.  Carl  Waldo  Fry,  b.  30  August,  1869,  at  Pisgah,  Morgan  co..  111. 
He  studied  in  the  district  schools  near  Pisgah  and  in  Whipple  Academy 
and  entered  Illinois  College  in  1887.  On  account  of  ill  health  he  left 
college  in  1889.  He  returned  to  his  home  but  steadily  declined  until  his 
death  on  March  22,  1890.  Mr.  Fry's  character  was  a  very  upright  and 
Christian  one.  He  had  high  motives  and  gained  the  respect  of  all  his 
fellow  students.  Quiet  and  reserved,  he  had  a  very  active  mind  and  was 
a  very  thorough  student. 

757.  William  Bone  Conover,  b.  7  June,  1872,  in  Virginia,  111.  He 
attended  the  Virginia  high  school,  Whipple  Academy,  and  entered  Illinois 
College  in  1887.     He  is  still  pursuing  the  scientific  course. 

758.  Joseph  Ralph  Harker,  b.  30  June,  1853,  near  Durham,  England. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  England,  but  was 
obliged  to  leave  at  the  age  of  eleven.  From  that  time  until  his  eighteenth 
year  he  worked  in  the  coal  mines  of  the  county  of  Durham,  Eng.  In  1871 
he  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  in  Du  Quoin,  III.  Here  Mr.  Harker 
labored  until  the  winter  of  1873  in  the  coal  mines,  carrying  on  his  studies  by 
himself  as  well  as  possible  under  such  disadvantages.  After  attending  for  a 
few  months  the  Du  Quoin  high  school,  he  began  teaching  at  De  Soto,  111.  In 
1876-77  he  was  made  principal  of  the  grammar  school  at  Beardstown,  111.,  and 
afterwards  of  the  public  schools  at  Meredosia  and  Waverly,  Morgan  co.  In 
1884  Mr.  Harker  became  principal  of  Whipple  Academy,  which  position  he 
now  fills.  He  took  up  the  work  of  the  college  course  and  was  graduated  in 
1888  with  the  degree  of  B.A. 

759.  Thomas  Jefferson  Nance,  b.  22  June,  1869,  in  Petersburg,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Petersburg,  including  the  high  school,  and 
then  after  spending  the  year  1887-88  in  Whipple  Academy  entered  the 
college,  but  did  not  complete  the  freshman  year.  The  past  winter  he  taught 
school  at  Atterberry,  Menard  co..  111. 

760.  Edward  Kirby  Putnam,  b.  17  November,  1868,  in  Davenport,  la. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Davenport  and  in  1SS7  was  graduated 
from  the  high  school  of  that  same  city.  In  the  same  year  he  entered  Illi- 
nois College  where  he  has  since  been  pursuing  the  classical  course.  In  Phi 
Alpha  he  has  been  corresponding  secretary. 

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146  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

1888-89 

761.  Utten  Ellis  Read,  b.  iS  June,  1S72,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He  was  a 
pupil  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  Whipple  Academy  before  1889, 
when  he  entered  Illinois  College.     He  is  taking  the  classical  course. 

762.  Jacob  Edgar  Taylor,  b.  19  September,  1S67,  in  Barry,  111.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  tiio  public  schools  of  Barry  and  in  the  district  schools  of  Pike 
county.  For  one  year  he  attended  Whipple  Academy  and  in  188S  became  a 
freshman  in  Illinois  College.  In  the  summer  vacation  he  was  at  home  on 
his  father's  farm  near  Baylis,  111.,  when,  on  2  July,  he  was  struck  by  light- 
ning and  instantly  killed.  He  was  a  most  excellent  fellow  and  had  a  bright 
mind,  having  taken  the  freshman  mathematical  prize.  Although  of  a  rather 
quiet  disposition,  he  had  a  host  of  friends  among  the  students. 

763.  George  Chamberlain  Lenington,  b.  7  February,  1S73,  at  Kokomo, 
Ind.  After  studying  in  the  preparatory  department  of  Wooster  University 
at  Wooster,  Ohio,  and  in  Whipple  Academy,  in  1888  he  entered  Illinois 
College.  He  is  at  present  continuing  in  the  classical  course,  his  home  being 
in  Jacksonville,  111. 

764.  Carl  Branch  White,  b.  15  July,  1S71,  in  Du  Quoin,  111.  He  was  a 
student  in  Stone's  Academy  and  Whipple  Academy  before  his  entrance  to 
the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College  in  1SS8.  He  left  after  one  year  and 
has  since  been  taking  a  chemical  course  in  the  University  of  Illinois,  Cham- 
paign. 

765.  Edward  Henry  Lyman,  b.  Februar)',  1872,  in  Farmingdale,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  in  that  place  and  for  one  year  was  in  Whipple 
Academy.  In  18S9  he  entered  Illinois  College  and  is  still  a  student  there. 
Mr.  Lyman  is  the  son  of  J.  S.  Lyman,     (see  No.  317.) 

766.  Frank  Allen  Padgett,  b.  30  April,  1873,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  His 
preparatory  education  he  received  in  the  city  schools  and  in  Whipple  Acade- 
my. In  1 888  he  became  a  freshman  in  Illinois  College  and  is  still  a  stu- 
dent, in  the  scientific  course. 

767.  William  Henry  Stevenson,  b.  4  September,  1872,  in  Freeport,  111. 
He,  too,  is  the  son  of  an  old  '  Phi,'  Henry  S.  Stevenson,  (see  No.  347.) 
Before  his  entrance  into  Illinois  College  in  1889,  he  attended  the  public 
schools  at  Freeport  and  Jacksonville,  and  also  for  three  years  was  in 
Whipple  Academy.     He  is  taking  the  classical  course. 

768.  Arthur  Sanford  Mitchell,  b.  11  July,  1872,  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  He 
was  graduated  from  the  high  school  in  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  and  in  1888  be- 
came a  student  in  Whipple  Academy,  where  he  is  at  present. 

1889-90 

769.  Dickey  Willard  Craig,  b.  22  August,  1869,  at  Arcadia,  111.  After 
attending  the  district  school  of  Arcadia  and  Whipple  Academy  for  one  year, 
he  entered  Illinois  College  in  1888  and  is  still  continuing  the  studies  of  the 
scientific  course. 

770.  William  Francis  Taylor,  b.  17  August,  1869,  at  New  Berlin,  111. 
lie  studied  in  the  public  schools  at  New  Berlin  until  l33S,  when  he  entered 
Whipple  Academy.     He  remained  until  March  of  the  present  year. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  I47 

771.  Woodard  Silas  Terry,  b.  21  April,  1872,  near  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  the  fall  of  1889 
entered  Whipple  Academy,  in  which  he  is  at  present  a  student.  His  father 
is  also  a  '  Phi.'     (see  No.  333.) 

772.  Thomas  Jay  Simons,  b.  21  February,  1868,  in  Virden,  111.  He 
attended  the  Virden  public  schools  and  in  1889  entered  Whipple  Academy, 
where  he  is  at  present  pursuing  the  classical  course. 

773.  William  Edward  Boston,  b.  24  May,  1871,  at  Prentice,  111.  He 
attended  the  district  school  near  Prentice  and  in  1886-87  was  in  Whipple 
Academy.  In  1887  he  became  a  member  of  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois 
College  and  is  now  a  junior  in  the  scientific  course. 

774.  Isaac  Donaldson  Rawlings,  b.  29  April,  1869,  in  Carrollton,  111. 
He  attended  the  Emporia,  Kan.,  city  schools,  the  Jacksonville  public  schools 
and  Whipple  Academy.  He  entered  Illinois  College  in  1886  and  will  be 
graduated  this  month  with  the  degree  of  B.S. 

775.  James  William  Miller,  b.  22  December,  1867,  in  Jacksonville,  111. 
He  studied  in  the  district  schools  near  Jacksonville  and  attended  the  Jack- 
sonville Business  College  and  in  1886-87  Whipple  Academy.  In  1887  he 
entered  college  with  the  class  of  '91  and  is  taking  the  scientific  course. 

776.  Starkey  Powell  Puffer,  b.  10  July,  1874,  at  Winchester,  111.  He  was 
a  pupil  in  the  public  schools  at  Winchester,  and  is  now  in  Whipple  Academy, 
having  entered  in  1SS9,  and  is  pursuing  the  classical  course. 

777.  William  Thomas  Capps,  b.  12  April,  1871,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
prepared  for  college  in  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  Whipple  Acade- 
my, and  in  1889  he  became  a  member  of  the  class  of  '92,  choosing  the 
classical  course. 

778.  John  Ross  Wills,  b.  3  February,  1869,  in  Pittsfield,  111.  After  being 
in  the  Pittsfield  high  school,  in  1887  he  entered  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois 
College  and  is  now  pursuing  the  scientific  course. 

779.  George  Moore  Russel,  b.  16  July,  1870,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  is  now  a  student  in  the 
classical  course  in  Whipple  Academy,  which  he  entered  in  18S8. 

780.  Arthur  Davenport  Black,  b.  15  November,  1870,  in  Jacksonville, 
111.  After  being  a  student  in  the  schools  of  Jacksonville  and  in  Whipple 
Academy,  in  1887  he  entered  Illinois  College.  The  following  year  he 
attended  a  high  school  in  Chicago,  but  in  1889  again  resumed  his  college 
course  with  the  sophomore  class,  and  is  now  taking  the  scientific  course. 

781.  Benjamin  Clifford  Mathews,  b.  24  December,  1866,  in  Morgan 
county.  111.  He  studied  in  the  public  schools  of  Jacksonville,  111.,  and  in 
the  high  school  of  Dayton,  Wash.,  until  1S87,  when  he  entered  the  fresh- 
man class  of  Illinois  College.     He  is  pursuing  the  scientific  course. 

782.  Philip  Frederick  Gillett,  b.  6  May,  1870,  in  Jacksonville,  111.  He 
attended  the  Jacksonville  public  schools  and  Whipple  Academy,  and  in 
the  iall  of  1888  became  a  member  of  the  freshman  class  of  Illinois  College, 
where  he  is  taking  the  classical  course. 


PRESIDENTS  AND  SECRETARIES. 


PRESIDENTS. 

William  Jayne. 
Robert  Wilkinson. 
Henry  S.  Van  Eaton. 
Philip  D.  Wilson. 
William  A.  Knox. 
Thomas  S.  Morrison. 
James  H.  Blodgett. 

Charles  A.  Keyes, 

Daniel  J.  Brown. 

Abram  S.  Bergen. 

Edwin  K.  Svmonds. 

John  H.  Wood. 

Ephraim  M.  Dayton. 

William  H.  Edgar. 

Harrison  O.  Cassell. 

John  W.  Ross. 

Cyrus  B.  Bates. 


1845-53 


1853-54 
1854-55 
1855-56 
1856-57 
1857-58 
1858-59 
1859-60 
I 860-6 I 
1861-62 
1862-63 


recording  secretaries. 
Florence  E.  Baldwin. 
Nehemiah  Wright. 
Robert  Wilkinson. 
Henry  S.  Van  Eaton. 
Charles  Gladney. 
Sylvester  L.  Comer. 
S.  F.  C.  Garrison. 

Abram  S.  Bergen. 

Lyman  Lacey. 

Edward  T.  Geyer. 

Charles  H.  Philbrick. 

William  C.  Ferguson. 

Edward  McConnel. 

Thomas  Booth. 

John  W.  Ross. 

Edward  P.  Taylor. 

William  E.  Veitch. 


15° 


PHI 


ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

1863-64 


James  A.  Brown. 


Eli  B.  Hamilton. 


Martin  H.  Cassell. 


Benjamin  W.  Brown. 


Aliked  a.  Paxson. 


John  H.  McClintock. 


John  M.  Grimes. 


Edward  L.  McDonald. 


Julian  P.  Lippincott. 


Henry  C.  Stewart. 


Henry  P.  Day. 


Charles  H.  Dummer. 


Frederick  C.  Turner. 


Edward  A.  Ayers. 


1864-65 
1865-66 
1866-67 
1867-68 
1868-69 
1869-70 
1870-71 
1871-72 
1872-73 


1873-74 

1S74-75 
1875-76 
1S76-77 


Matthew  L.  Goff. 


Charles  S.  Rannells. 


1877-78 
1878-79 


Charles  D.  Swett. 

John  J.  Brenholt. 

Joseph  N.  Carter. 

William  H,  Govert. 

Sa.muel  W.  Nichols. 

Samuel  W.  Nichols. 

Samuel  W.  Nichols. 

William  D.  Wood. 

William  D.  Wood. 

George  C.  Ross. 
Henry  P.  Day. 

Charles  A.  Barnes. 

Joseph  B.  Connell. 

Joseph  M.  Grout. 

Matthew  L.  Goff. 
William  B.  Shaw. 

James  M.  Downing. 

Andrew  E.  Senteny. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE. 
1879-80 


151 


John  Collier. 
Julian  S.  Wadsworth. 
Amos  W.  Small. 
Bedford  Brown. 
George  W.  Price. 
John  C.  Rice. 
Thomas  W.  Smith. 


Edward  Capps. 


Allan  A.  Tanner. 


Andrew  M.  Craig. 


Harry  M.  Capps. 


18S0-81 

1881-82 
1882-S3 
1S83-S4 
1884-S5 
1885-86 


1886-87 
1887-S8 
1888-89 
1889-90 


Elmer  W.  Bitler. 

John  B.  Morris. 

James  F.  Keeney. 

Edward  E.  Clark. 

Alfred  T.  Capps. 

Herbert  F.  Atkins. 

Hugh  M.  Wilson. 
William  E.  McElfresh. 

Alfred  E.  Day. 

William  E.  McElfresh. 

Frederick  W.  Sanford. 

Alexander  L.  Osbornson. 
Samuel  B.  Stewart. 


ARMY  LIST. 


MEXICAN  WAR. 
6.  Pike  C.  Ross,  private,  4th  Illinois  regiment. 

CIVIL   WAR. 

UNION. 

10.  John  G.  Clark,  colonel,  50th  Wisconsin  infantry. 

17.  Virgil  Y.  Ralston,  private,  Iowa  regiment. 

25.  Edward  Prince,  colonel,  7th  Illinois  cavalry. 

26.  Cornelius  L.  Dunham,  private,  93d  Illinois  infantry. 

38.  Charles  B.  Whiting,  deputy  provost  marshal  in  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

39.  George  M.  McConnell,  paymaster  in  Union  army. 
41.  Albert  D.  Glover,  major,  3d  Missouri  cavalry. 

.    55.  James  H.  Blodgett,  quartermaster,  75th  Illinois  infantry. 

57.  Benjamin  F.  Warner,  private,  115th  Illinois  infantry. 

58.  William  A.  Knox,  surgeon,  i22d   Illinois  infantry. 

60.  John  I.  Rinaker,  brevet  brigadier  general  of  volunteers. 
69.  Thomas  S.  Morrison,  private,  Illinois  infantry. 
72.  George  S.  Smith,  surgeon,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 

75.  John  D.  Hamilton,  sergeant-major,  i6th  Illinois  infantry. 

76.  Robert  A.  Campbell,  major,  49th  Missouri  infantry. 
90.  Sylvester  L.  Comer,  surgeon. 

92.  William  H.  Finley,  surgeon,  8th  Iowa  cavalrj'. 

94.  VoLNEY  Hickox,  aide-de-camp  to  Gen.  Hunter. 

95.  George  W.  Moore,  lieutenant,  ist  Missouri  cavalrj-. 
97.  Edmund  R.  Wiley,  colonel  of  a  colored  regiment. 

101.  Flavel  H.  Van  Eaton,  surgeon,  8ih  Missouri  cavalry. 
103.  Samuel  F.  C.  Garrison,  chaplain,  40th  Iowa  infantry. 

107.  Edwin  K.  Symonds,  quartermaster  sergeant,  119th  Illinois  infantry. 

108.  John  B.  Hawley,  captain,  45th  Illinois  infantry. 

no.  Henry  W.  Hitt,  captain,  company  B,  27th  Illinois  infantry. 

112.  Hamilton  Gamble,  staff  officer  with  Governor  Gamble  of  Missouri. 

116.  William  B.  Price,  surgeon,  4th  Pennsylvania  cavalry. 

133.  Henry  Yates,  brevet  brigadier  general  of  volunteers. 

144.  Matthew  G.  Roseberry,  provost  marshal  of  Nodaway  county.  Mo. 

147.  Carithers  Zoll,  ist  lieutenant,  151st  Illinois  infantry. 

151.  Chester  Andrews,  captain,  company  I,  74th  Illinois  infantry. 

156.  Asa  C.  Matthews,  colonel,  99th  Illinois  infantry. 

157.  George  H.  English,  colonel,  32d  Illinois  infantry. 
161.  Robert  Allen,  major,  30th  Illinois  infantry. 

i68.  William  D.  Green,  officer  on  Gen.  Steel's  staff. 
172.  J.  L.  Wilcox,  surgeon,  nth  Illinois  cavalry. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  153 

177.  William  L.  English,  private,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 

179.  Edward  McConnell,  captain  in  regular  army. 

180.  Daniel  M.  Drai'ER,  lieutenant  colonel,  gth  Missouri  cavalry. 

181.  Ephraim  Dayton,  surgeon  on  board  the  "  Dryad." 

195.  Elisha  B.  Hamilton,  ist  lieutenant,  ii8th  Illinois  infantry. 

197.  William  W.  Jones,  private  secretary  to  Gen.  McClernand. 

198.  Nathaniel  P.  Montgomery,  ist  lieutenant,  company  I,  103d  Illinois 

infantry. 
201.  William  H.  Edgar,  2d  lieutenant,  32d  Illinois  infantry. 

204.  William  P.  Gallon,  assistant  adjutant  general  in  Gen.  Hatch's  di- 

vision of  cavalry. 

205.  William  S.  Allen,  sergeant-major,  85th  Illinois  infantry. 

212.  Henry  B.  Shirley,  private,  145th  Illinois  Infantry. 

213.  Valentine  C.  Randolph,  private,  39th  Illinois  infantry. 
216.  Charles  H.  Glenn,  musician,  28th  Illinois  infantr}-. 

218.  George  W.  Smith,  captain,  company  B,  133d  Illinois  infantry. 

219.  Armstead  C.  Brown,  private,  loih  Wisconsin  infantry. 
222.  William  R.  Mosby,  sergeant,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 
228.  Jacob  P.  Lurton,  1st  lieutenant,  97ih  Illinois  infantry. 
232.  George  A.  Dunlap,  in  quartermaster's  department. 
240.  William  B.  Wetherbee,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry, 

242.  CH.A.RLES  V.  Decker,  ist  lieutenant,  123d  Illinois  mounted  infantry. 

244.  David  W.  Thompson,  private,  loth  Illinois  infantry. 

246,  Frank  L.  Bristow,  private,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 

250.  George  A.  Dunlap,  private,  2d  Illinois  light  artillery. 

255,  Daniel  E.  Roebins,  private,  7th  Illinois  cavalry. 

257.  John  H.  Cherry,  captain,  company  F,  55th  U.  S.  infantry. 

259.  Harrison  O.  Cassell,  adjutant,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 

260.  Lucius  Harris,  orderly  sergeant,  company  I,  38th  Illinois  infantry. 

261.  George  L.  Morris,  assistant  surgeon,  soih  Illinois  infantry. 

264.  George  W.  Stipp,  commissary  sergeant,  103d  Illinois  infantry. 

265.  Henrie  Chambers,  sergeant,  54th  Illinois  infantry. 

268.  Edward  P.  Taylor,  division  quartermaster  in  Union  army. 

269.  George  B.  Vittum,  sergeant,  company  E,  I32d  Illinois  infantry, 
283.  William  B.  Ayers,  private,  71st  Illinois  infantry. 

289.  Eli  B.  Hamilton,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

294.  William  H.  Pilcher,  sergeant,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

296.  William  B.  Edgar,  captain  on  staff  of  E.  A.  Moore  of  Missouri. 

298.  Peter  L.  Harrison,  orderly,  14th  U.  S.  regiment. 

306.  William  H.  H.  Larimore,  sergeant,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 

308.  Robert  A.  Halbert,  captain,  company  H,  117th  Illinois  infantry. 

313.  William  E.  Spears,  private,  114th  Illinois  infantry. 

316.  James  A.  Brown,  Sergeant  major,  167th  Illinois  infantry, 

317.  John  S.  Lyman,  sergeant,  company  G.  loist  Illinois  infantry. 
320.  James  B.  Newman,  adjutant. 

323.  William  A.  Rogers,  orderly  sergeant,  company  C,  14th  Iowa  infantry. 
326.  Robert  N.  S.  Barger,  private,  73d  Illinois  infantry. 
333.  James  M.  Terry,  private,  loth  Illinois  infantry. 


154  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

335.  HoRACK  R.  LiTTLEFiELD,  assistant  surgeon,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

345.  SlMKO.N  W.  Iles,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

347.  Henry  S.  Stevenson,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

351.  Martin  H.  Cassell,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

375.  George  Callaway,  in  commissary  service,  Army  of  the  Cumberland. 

376.  Joseph  N.  Carter,  private,  75th  Illinois  infantry. 
378.  Adoniram  D.  Carter,  private,  loist  Illinois  infantry. 
393.  Charles  E.  Broadwell,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 
403.  Samuel  VV.  Nichols,  private,  151st  Ohio  infantry. 

409.  Alfred  C.  Phelps,  ist  lieutenant,  95th  U.  S.  colored  infantry. 

410.  Francis  A.  Riddle,  ist  lieutenant,  90th  U.  S.  colored  infantry. 
414.  Frederick  Goon|;LL,  private,  33d  Illinois  infantry. 

420.  James  L.  Irwin,  drummer,  company  H,  137th  Illinois  infantry. 

421.  Charles  H.  Ethel,  captain,  nth  Missouri  cavalry. 
430.  John  M.  Dod,  private,  2d  Missouri  infantry. 

452.  Frederick  Remann,  private,  company  E,  143d  Illinois  infantry. 
454.  Julian  P.  Lippincott,  private,  145th  Illinois  infantry. 

458.  Frank  Doster,  corporal,  company  M,  nth  Indiana  cavalry. 

459.  Edward  P.  Vail,  private,  iSth  Illinois  infantry. 

460.  John  A.  B.  Shippey,  private,  i8th  Illinois  infantry. 

466.  William  H.  Moore,  drummer,  company  G,  144th  Illinois  infantry. 
478.  William  H.  Culter,  private,  company  E,  148th  Indiana  infantry. 

CONFEDERATE. 

3.  Henry  S.  Van  Eaton,  captain  and  commissary. 

14.  James  W.  Frazer,  surgeon. 

73.  Robert  Hitt,  colonel. 
160.  Edmund  H.  Bristow,  private,  5th  Texas  regiment. 
166.  Lemuel  D.  Craig,  private,  Stuart's  battalion,  light  artillery. 
194.  William  E.  Hughes,  colonel,  13th  regiment. 
200.  Joseph  H.  Miller,  captain,  company  A,  nth  Louisiana  regiment. 
225.  George  A.  English,  private. 

235.  Alexander  H.  Green,  private. 

236.  Gilbert  E.  Green,  private,  Stuart's  battalion,  light  artillery. 
395.  Mifklin  D.  Duval,  private. 

402.  F.  G.  Cockrill,  private. 


LIST  OF  ALUMNI. 


1846 
Florence  Eugene  Baldwin,  M.A. 

1847 
John  Garven  Clark,  B.A. 
William  Jayne,  M.A. 
Robert  Wilkinson,  M.A. 

1848 
James  Worth  English,  M.A. 
George  Pierson,  M.A. 
Henry  Smith  Van  Eaton,  M.A. 

1849 
Herman  Englebach,  B.A. 

1851 
Cornelius  Lansing  Dunham,  M.A. 
John  Worth  English,  M.A. 
Charles  Gladney,  B.A. 

1852 
Rowland  Ross  Chambers,  B.A. 
William  Augustus  Knox,  M.A. 
Edward  Prince,  B.A. 

1853 
James  Harvey  Blodgett,  M.A. 

1854 
William  Wallace  Happy,  jr.,  M.A. 
Charles  Aunspaugh  Keyes,  B.A. 
John  Dawson  Strong,  B.S. 

t855 
Daniel  Jay  Brown,  B.A., 

Salutatory. 
JiRAH  Stevens  Burt,  M.A. 
William  Henry  Finley,  B.S. 
Lyman  Lacey,  M.A., 

Philosophical  oration. 
Asa  C.  Matthews,  M.A. 
Flavel  Hunt  Van  Eaton,  B.S. 

1856 
Richard  Bates,  B.A., 
Salutatory. 


156  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

Abram  S.  Bergen,  B.A., 

Philosophical  oration. 
Edward  T.  Geyer,  B.S. 
George  W.  Moore,  B.S. 
James  Douglas  Smith,  M.A. 
John  Prewitt  Smith,  M.A. 

1857 
George  Harrison  English,  B.S. 
Edward  Kendall  Symonds,  B.A. 

1858 
Sater  Cole  Comer,  B.A. 
Daniel  Marshall  Draper,  M.A. 
James  Morrison  Ei'ler,  B.S. 
William  Franklin  Epler,  B.S. 
William  Charles  Ferguson,  M.A. 
John  Edwin  Hanback,  B.A. 
James  McCowen,  B.S. 
John  Andrew  Moore,  B.S. 
Charles  Henry  Philbrick,  M.A. 
John  Henry  Wood,  M.A., 
Valedictory. 

1859 
Edmund  Hockaday  Bristo\v,  M.A. 
William  Pierce  Gallon,  B.S., 

Philosophical  oration. 
Ephraim  Dayton,    B.S., 

Philosophical  oration. 
William  Williams  Jones,  B.S. 
Edward  McConnell,  M.A., 

Salutatory. 
Albert  Reed,  B.A. 

i860 
Thomas  Booth,  B.A. 
Charles  Smith  Brown,  M.A. 
William  Henry  Edgar,  B.A. 
William  L.  English,  M.A. 
Elisha  Bentley  Hamilton,  M.A. 

1S61 
John  Walton  Brown,  B.A. 
Harrison  Osborne  Cassell,  B.A. 
George  Augustus  English,  B.S. 
Myron  Leslie  Epler,  B.A. 
Robert  Ale.xander  Halbert,  M.A 

1862 
George  Spafford  Bergen,  M.A. 
James  B.  Newman,  M.A. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  157 

David  Wallace  Thompson,  M.A., 

Valedictory. 
George  Gridley  Wood,  B.S. 

1863 
No  graduates  on  account  of  the  Civil  War, 

1864 
James  Alexander  Brown,  M.A. 

1865 
John  Jacob  Brenholt,  B.S. 
Eli  Boies  Hamilton,  B.A. 

1866 
Frank  Leslie  Bristow,  M.A. 
Joseph  Newton  Carter,  B.S. 
Martin  H.  Cassell,  B.A. 
William  Henry  Foster,  B.S. 
Francis  Asbury  Taylor,  M.A. 

1867 
Benjamin  Warfield  Brown,  B.A. 
Ernest  Louis  Campbell,  B.A. 
William  Henry  Govert,  B.S. 
Frederick  Ashley  Jones,  B.A. 

1868 
Franklin  M.  McCann,  B.S. 
Alfred  Allen  Paxson,  M.A. 

1869 
John  Hardin  McClintock,  B.S. 
Robert  White,  B.S. 

1870 
John  M.  Grimes,  B.S. 
William  M.  King,  B.A. 

1871 
Edward  Doocy,  B.S. 
Edward  Louis  McDonald,  B.S. 
Frederick  Alexander  McDonald,  B.S. 
Robert  Donald  Russell,  M.A., 
Valedictory. 

1872 
Julian  Post  Lippincott,  M.A., 

Valedictory. 
Samuel  Fuller  Pomeroy,  B.S. 
Julian  Ridgley  Simms,  M.A. 
William  Dustin  Wood,  M.A., 

Salutatory. 


15^  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

1873 

William  M.  Johnson,  M.A., 

Valedictory. 
Francis  Israel  McDonald,  B.S. 
George  Carlos  Ross,  B.S., 

Philosophical  oration. 
William  Brownell  Sanders,  M.A., 

Salutatory. 
Henry  C.  Stewart,  B.A. 
James  R.  Ward,  B.S. 
JosEi'ii  Winterbottom,  B.A. 

1874 
Henry  Pheli-s  Dav,  M.A., 

Valedictory. 
Arthur  Edward  Prince,  B.S.,  Ph.D., 

Philosophical  oration. 
Albert  Clark  Rice,  B.S. 

1S75 
Walter  Scott  Rice,  B.S. 

1876 
Emanuel  Dickey  Block,  B.A. 
Joseph  B.  Connell,  B.S., 

Philosophical  oration. 
William  Thomas  Dodsworth,  B.S. 
Charles  Henry  Dummer,  B.A., 

Salutatory. 
Carl  Edwin  Ei'Ler,  M.A., 

Valedictory. 
Joseph  Merriam  Grout,  M.A. 
William  Ross  Kellocg,  B.S. 
Frederick  Clii'iord  Turner,  B.A. 

1877 
Edward  Augustus  Ayers.  M.A., 

Salutatory. 
Henry  Elliott,  B.A. 

187S 
Charles  Herbert  Connell,  B.S. 
Charles  Leland  Morse,  B.S. 
Frank  Edward  Smith,  B.S, 
Harry  Eugene  Wadsworth,  B.S. 

1879 
Charles  Franklin  Curtiss,  B.A. 
Thomas  Fletcher  Dennis,  M.A., 

Salutatory. 
James  Madison  Downing,  B.S. 
John  Frank  Downing,  B.S. 


illinois  college. 

Robert  McMackin  Hockenhull,  B.S. 
Charles  Samuel  Rannells,  B.A. 
William  Putnam  Rice,  B.S. 
Charles  Standart  Sanders,  B.A. 
John  Kent  Sanders,  B.S. 

1880 
Elmer  Wells  Butler,  B.A. 
William  W.  Carter,  B.S. 
John  Collier,  B.A., 
Valedictory. 
George  L.  Crocker,  B.A. 
Edgar  Norman  Green,  B.S. 
Theodore  Frank  Moseley,   B.A. 
William  Bird  Shaw,  B.S. 
Henry  C.  Simons,  B.S. 
George  Gager  Wait,  B.S. 

i88r 
William  H.  Beekman,  B.S. 
William  B.  Brown,  B.A. 
Samuel  Evelaxd,  B.A. 
Samuel  J.  McKinney,  B.A. 
John  B.  Morris,  B.A. 
Julian  Sturtevant  Wadsworth,  B.S. 

1882 
James  Finley  Keeney,  B.S., 

Salutatory  and  philosophical  oration. 
Amos  W.  Small,  B.S. 

1S83 
Carl  Ellsworth  Black,  B.S. 
Edward  Everett  Clark,  B.S. 
Eugene  David  Holmes,  M.A. 

1884 
Bedford  Brown,  M.A., 

Valedictory. 
William  Gardner,  M.A. 
George  Washington  Price,  B.S., 

Salutatory  and  philosophical  oration. 
Arthur  Lynn  Stevens,  B.A. 

1885 
Herbert  French  Atkins,  B.A. 
George  Montgomery  Burrus,  B.S. 
Alfred  Tomlin  Capps,  B.A. 

Salutatory. 
Ira  William  Davenport,  B.A. 


159 


l6o  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

William  David  Humphrey,  B.A. 
John  Camtbell  Rice,  M.A., 

Valedictory  and  philosophical  oration. 

1886 
William  Nance  Lewis.  B.S. 
Arthur  William  Rider,  B.A. 
Ferdinand  Ludwig  Strawn,  B.S. 

1887 
Edward  Capps,   B.A. 
RuFus  James  Coultas,  B.S. 
Lewis  William  Dunavan,  B.S. 
Thomas  Willi.vm  Smith,  B.A.. 

Valedictory  and  philosophical  oration. 
Robert  Henry  Kirkwood  Whiteley,  B.S., 

Salutatory  and  philosophical  oration. 
Hugh  Monroe  Wilson,  B.S. 

1888 
Donald  Cameron  Catlin,  B.A. 
Albert  Morris  Cross,  B.A. 
Alfred  Ely  Day,  B.A. 
Robert  James  Frackelton,  B.S. 
Joseph  Ralph  Harker,  B.A. 
William  Edward  McElfresh,  B.A. 
Frank  Read,  jr..  B.A. 
James  Gallaher  Russel,  B.A., 

Salutatory. 
Allan  Albert  Tanner,  B.A. 
George  Benton  Watkins,  B.S. 

1889 
Walter  Scott  Beadles,  B.A. 
George  Robert  Brown,  B.S. 
Andrew  Means  Craig,  B.S. 
Frank  Edwin  Drury,  B.S. 
William  Newel  Filson,  B.S., 

Salutatory. 
Charles  Alvan  Rowe,  B.A. 
James  Douglas  S.mith,  jr.,  B.S. 
John  Anthony  Walker,  B.A. 
Raymond  Woods,  B.S. 

i8go 
Harry  M.  Capps,  B.A. 
Joseph  De  Sii.va,  jr.,  B.A. 
Isaac  Donaldson  Rawlings,  B.S. 
Frederk  K  Warren  Sanford,  B.S., 

Salutatory  and  philosophical  oration. 
Lucius  Dole  Skinner,  B.S. 


ALPHABETICAL  LIST  OF  MEMBERS. 


44.  Able,  S.  O. — Address  unknown. 
279.  Alexander,  William  T.* 
161.  Allen,  Robert.* 

404.  Allen,  Samuel  M.— San  Francisco,  Cal.,  624  Market  street. 
331.  Allen,  Thomas  J. — Kansas  City,  Mo. 
205.  Allen,  William  S. — Mason  City,  111. 

86.  Anderson,  Samuel  H. — Address  unknown. 
468.  Anderson,  William  A.* 

151.  Andrews,  Chester — Steel  City,  Neb. 
302.  Andrus,  Clark  N.* 

20.  Andrus,  Reuben.* 

128.  Arenz,  Frank  J.— Beardstown,  111. 

528.  Askew,  Edward  H.— Norborne,  Mo. 

415.  Askew,  Joseph  R.— Wichita,  Kan. 

644.  Atkins,  Herbert  F. — Mattapoisett,  Mass. 

522.  Ayers,  Edward  A.— New  York  City,  151  E.  Thirty-fourth  street. 

283.  Ayers,  William  B.— Athens,  111. 

164.  Baird,  James — Emporia,  Kan. 

601,  Baker,  John.* 

2.  Baldwin,  Florence  E.* 
689.  Baptist,  Robert  K.— Jacksonville,  111. 

326.  Barger,  Robert  N.  S.— Hopedale,  Tazewell  co.,  III. 
495.  Barnes,  Charles  A.— Jacksonville,  111. 

327.  Barnes,  Nathan  H. — Newport,  R.  I. 

314.  Barnes,  William  H.— Tucson,  Arizona  Ter. 

21.  Barr,  Edwin  W.* 

506.  Barr,  Hugh — Davenport,  la. 

9.  Barrett,  Joseph  A.* 
748.  Bartlett,  Aurelius  W. — Virden,  111. 
385.  Bartlett,  Joseph  E.— Waterbury,  Conn. 
312.  Bates,  Cyrus  B.* 
119.  Bates,  Richard.* 
701.  Beadles,  Walter  S. — Jacksonville,  111, 

87.  Beall,  Alfred  T.— Address  unknown. 

88.  Beall,  Thomas  B. — Address  unknown. 
275.  Beatty,  John — Address  unknown. 

446.  Becraft,  James  M.— Blackburn,  Saline  co..  Mo. 
636.  Beekman,  William  H.— Petersburg,  111. 
82.  Bergen,  Abram  S.— Topeka,  Kan. 
211.  Bergen,  George  S.— Blairstown,  N.J. 
208.  Bergen,  John  J.— Virginia,  111. 
1 1 


l62  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

45.  Bergen,  Walter  G.* 

247.  Bibb,  George  R.* 

780.  Black,  Abthur  D. — Jacksonville,  111. 

653.  Black,  Carl  E. — Jacksonville,  111. 

134.  Blakeman,  William  H.* 

556.  Block,  Emanuel  D. — Black  Jack,  Mo. 

137.  Blodgett,  Charles  H. — Bloomington,  III. 

55.  Blodgett,  James  H. — Rockford,  111, 

744.  BoGGS,  Franklin  H. — Hayes,  III. 

42.  BoNNEY,  Lewis  C. — Eldon,  la. 

627.  Booker,  William  E. — Manhattan,  Kan. 

165.  Booth,  Thomas. — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  210  N.  Third  street. 

773.  Boston,  William  E. — Prentice,  111. 

102.  Boulware,  John  W.* 

399.  Bowman,  Stkphen  H. — Jerseyville,  111. 

467.  Bowman,  Winfield  S. — Sterling,  Neb. 

278.  Brahm,  George  P. — Aurora,  Neb. 

284.  Brenholt,  Byron. — Omaha,  Neb.,  3314  Burt  street. 

285.  Brenholt,  John  J. — Alton,  111. 
730.  Brewer,  John  C. — Jacksonville,  111. 
160.  Bristow,  Edmund  H. — Aberdeen,  Miss. 

246.  Bristow,  Frank  L. — Covington,  Ky.,  cor.  of  Scott  and  Eleventh  streets. 

393.  Broadwell,  Charles  E. — Kansas  City,  Mo.,  care  McCord  and  Nave 
Mercantile  Co. 

27.  Broadwell,  Norman  M. — Springfield,  111. 

24.  Brooks,  Albert  I. — Petersburg,  111. 

219.  Brown,  Armstead  C* 

606.  Brown,  Bedford,  Hastings,  Neb. 

369.  Brown,  Benjamin  W. — Berlin,  Sangamon  co.,  111. 

178.  Brown,  Charles  S. — Springfield,  111. 

83.  Brown,  Daniel  J.* 

615.  Brown,  Edward  W. — New  Berlin,  111. 

287.  Brown,  Elisha  W.* 

492.  Brown,  Francis  W. — Omaha,  Neb. 

727.  Brown,  George  R. — Divernon,  111. 

316.  Brown,  James  A. — Cynthiana,  Ky. 

477.  Brown,  James  N. — Carrollton,  111. 

605.  Brown,  John  H. — Auburn,  111. 

272.  Brown,  John  Walton.* 

685.  Brown,  John  William. — Divernon,  111. 

319.  Brown,  Robert* 

23.  Brown,  Samuel.* 

659.  Brown,  Samiel  G. — Auburn,  111. 

188.  Brown,  William — Berlin,  111. 

214.  Brown,  William — Chicago,  111.,  Honore  Building;   Residence,   Tack- 

sonville,  111. 

738.  Brown,  William,  jr. — Jacksonville,  111. 

5S8.  Brown,  William  B. — Alexander,  111. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE,  163 

455.  Brown,  William  F. — Jacksonville,  III. 
388.  Bryan,  Alphonso  H. — Champaign,  111. 
8q.  Burt,  Jirah  S. — Logansport,  Ind. 
695.  Burrus,  George  M. — Meredosia,  111. 
557.  Bush,  Henry,  Pittsfield,  111. 
589.  Butler,  Elmer  W. — Windsor,  Dane  co.,  Wis. 
725.  Butler,  Lee  C. — Griggsville,  111. 
187.  Caldwell,  Daniel  C* 

375.  Callaway,  George — Tuscola,  Douglas  co..  111. 
204.  Gallon,  William  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 

148.  Campbell,  Charles  C. — Address  unknown. 

428.  Campbell,  Ernest  L. — San  Francisco,  Cal.,  23  Montgomery  street. 

76.  Campbell,  Robert  A. — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  3665  Finney  avenue. 

29.  Cantrill,  Thomas  H.* 
651.  Capps,  Alfred  T. — Jacksonville,  111. 
444.  Capps,  Charles  E. — Vandalia,  111. 
667.  Capps,  Edward — Jacksonville,  111. 
713.  Capps,  Harry  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 
753.  Capps,  Joseph  A. — Jacksonville,  111. 
777.  Capps,  William  T. — Jacksonville,  111. 
138.  Carithers,  David  N. — Santa  Rosa,  Cal. 
378.  Carter,  Adoniram  D.* 
655.  Carter,  George  E. — Jacksonville,  111. 

376.  Carter,  Joseph  N.— Quincy,  111. 

543.  Carter,  William  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 

620.  Carver,  Edward  W.— Wichita,  Kan, 

464.  Casey,  Charles  E. — Pawnee,  Neb. 

259.  Cassell,  Harrison  O. — Jacksonville,  111. 

351.  Cassell,  Martin  H. — Davenport,  la. 

229.  Catlin,  Charles  F. — Omaha,  Neb. 

672.  Catlin,  Donald  C— Jacksonville,  111. 

462.  Chain,  James  A. — Denver,  Col. 

265.  Chambers,  Henrie — Charleston,  111. 

348.  Chambers,  Leonard  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 

35.  Chambers,  Rowland  R.— Jacksonville,  111. 
343.  Chandler,  Linus  C— Chandlerville,  111. 
507.  Chapin,  John  M. — Broken  Bow,  Neb. 
190.  Cherrill,  Edward — Carthage,  111. 
257.  Cherry,  John  H. — Little  Rock,  Ark. 
263,  Cherry,  Samuel  T.— Parsons,  Kan. 
616.  Clampit,  Louis  H. — Jacksonville,  111, 
628.  Clark,  Edward  E.  — Belle  Meade,  Kan. 

ID.  Clark,  John  G. — Lancaster,  Wis. 
173.  Clark,  Owen  W.— Bluff  Springs,  111. 
360.  Claycomb,  Stephen  H. — Joplin,  Jasper  co.,  Mo, 
227.  Cockrell,  Elias — Jerseyville,  111. 
402.  Cockrill,  F.  Grundy— Platte  City,  Mo. 
676.  Cohenour,  Charles  A. — Algona,  la. 


164  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

gg.  Coleman,  E. — Address  unknown. 

583.  Collier,  John— Red  Cafion,  Wyoming  Ter. 

547.  Collins,  Amos  M.— Chicago,  111.,  70  N.  Clinton  street. 

470.  Collins.  J.  Blatciiiokd— Miles  City,  Mont. 
122.  Comer,  Sater  C. — Elvaston,  111. 

90.  Comer,  Sylvester  L.* 
586.  Connell,  Charles  H.— Los  Angeles,  Cal. 
532.  Connell,  Joseph  B.— Kansas  City,  Mo.,  1222  Grand  avenue. 
254.  CoNOVER,  Lawrence  V.— Petersburg,  111. 
757.  Conover,  William  B.— Virginia,  111. 
540.  Cook,  Robert  J. — Highland,  Madison  co..  111. 
716.  CooLEY,  Harvey  G.— New  York  City,  50  E.  Tenth  street. 
411.  Cottle,  Samuel  W. — O'Fallon,  St.  Charles  co..  Mo. 

192.  CoucHMAN,  William  O. — Bentley,  Hancock  co.,  111. 
686.  CouLTAS,  RuKUS  J.— Mattoon,  111. 

707.  Craig,  Andrew  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 
769.  Craig,  Dickey  W.— Arcadia,  111. 
166.  Craig,  Lemuel  D. — Jacksonville,  111. 
432.  Craig,  Oscar  W.  — Normal,  111. 
77.  Craig,  William  R. — Appomattox,  S.  D. 
140.  Crawford,  James  B. — Carthage,  111. 
56S.  Crocker,  George  L.— Maroa,  111. 
581.  Crocker,  John — Maroa,  111. 
746.  Cross,  Albert  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 
530.  Cross,  Edward — Jerseyville,  111. 
639.  CuLLiMORE,  Grant — Atchison,  Kan. 
478.  CuLTER,  William  H. — Sadora,  Macon  co.,  111. 
230.  Cunningham,  James  H. — Address  unknown. 
578.  CuRTiss,  Charles  F. — Waverly,  111. 
733.  Curtiss,  Theodore  T. — Waverly,  111. 
724.  Davenport,  Fred — Jacksonville,  111. 
652.  Davenport,  Ira  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 

193.  Davis,  Rezin  V. — Address  unknown. 
293.  Dawson,  Charles  B. — San  Andreas,  Cal. 
291.  Dawson,  William  H. — Louisville,  Ky. 
666.  Day,  Alfred  E. — Beirut,  Syria. 

461.  Day,  Henry  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 
181.  Dayton,  Ephrai.m.* 
174.  Dayton,  James  H. — Humboldt,  Kan. 
554.  Deaton,  Augustus — Address  unknown. 

471.  Deaton,  John — Lyons,  Kan. 

242.  Decker,  Charles  V. — Lamar,  Col. 
692.  DeSilva,  Joseph,  jr. — Jacksonville,  111. 

584.  Dennis,  T.  Fletcher — Little  Rock.  Ark. 

186.  DiMicK,  Otis  J. — Chicago,  III.,  250  State  street. 

429.  Dou,  Albert  G. —  Knox  City,  Knox  co..  111. 

430.  Dod,  John  M. — Greenwood,  Jackson  co.,  Mo. 
354.  DoDDS,  James  H. — Mt.  Vernon,  111. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  165 

301.  DoDDS,  J.  W. — Address  unknown. 

546.  DoDSWORTH,  William  T. — Franklin,  Morgan  co..  111. 

456.  DoocY,  Edward — Pittsfield,  111. 
485.  DoRRELL,  George  J. — Illiopolis,  111. 
535.  DoRRELL,  George  J. — Springfield,  111. 
458.  DosTER,  Frank — Marion  Center,  Kan. 

569.  Downing,  John  F. — Kansas  City,  Mo.,  New  England  Building. 

576.  Downing,  James  M. — Aspen,  Col. 

719.  DoYiNG,  William  D. — Jacksonville,  111. 

180.  Draper,  Daniel  M. — Denver,  Col.,  care  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  R.  R. 

647.  Drew,  Thomas  V. — Auburn,  Placer  co.,  Cal. 

709.  Drury,  Frank  E. — Orleans,  111. 

539.  Dubach,  Frederic  B. — Hannibal,  Mo. 
717.  Duer,  James  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 
621.  Duer,  Robert  H. — Orleans,  111. 
497.  Dummer,  Charles  H. — Jacksonville,  111. 
736.  DuNAVAN,  Louis  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 
gi.  Duncan,  Joseph. — Chicago,  111.,  3764  Indiana  avenue. 
427.  Duncan,  Joseph  B. — Delavan,  111. 

457.  Duncan.  Thomas  M. — Lawrence,  Kan. 
26.  Dunham,  Cornelius  L. — Grinnell,  la. 

355.  DuNLAP,  Conwell — Jacksonville,  111. 
185.  DuNLAP,  Charles  M. — Mt.  Sterling,  III. 
232.  Dunlap,  George  A.* 

250.  Dunlap,  George  A. — Chicago,  111.,  4033  Vincennes  avenue. 
80.  Dunlap,  Irvin. — Jacksonville,  111. 
395.  Duval,  Mifflin  D. — Richmond,  Ray  co..  Mo. 

710.  Dyer,  Arthur  L. — Wichita,  Kan. 

469.  Eads,  William — Shipman,  Macoupin  co..  Ill, 

295.  Edgar,  C.  A. — Louisiana,  Mo. 
434.  Edgar,  E.  J. — Louisiana,  Mo. 

296.  Edgar,  William  B. — South  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  care  Glendale  Zinc  Works. 
201.  Edgar,  William  H. — Jerseyville,  111. 

439.  Edmonds,  Charles  W. — Payson,  Adams  co..  111. 

105.  Eldred,  Lucius  S. — Carrollton,  111. 

362.  Elliott,  Edward  R.* 

422.  Elliott,  Frank — Jacksonville,  111. 

561.  Elliott,  Henry — Jacksonville,  III. 

502.  Elliott,  J.  Weir — Jacksonville,  111. 

358.  Elliott,  Richard* 

555.  Ellis,  Milton  G. — Lyons,  Kan. 

614.  Ellwood,  James  B. — Sycamore,  111. 

15.  Englebach,  Herman.* 
225.  English,  George  A.* 
157.  English,  George  H.— Kansas  City,  Mo.,  Room  47,  Sheidley  Building. 

19.  English,  James  W.* 

32.  English,  John  W. — Point  Pleasant,  W.  Va. 
699.  English,  Nathaniel. — Jacksonville,  111. 


l66  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

177.  English,  William  L.* 

566.  Ensminger,  Thomas  K. — Jacksonville,  111. 

520.  Epler,  Carl  E. — Quincy,  111. 

541.  Epler,  Edward  E. — Stockton,  Cal. 

209.  Epler,  Jacob  A* 

132.  Epler,  James  M. — Seattle,  Wash. 

149.  Epler,  Myron  L.* 

735.  Epler,  Percy  H. — Jacksonville,  111. 

150.  Epler,  William  F.— Seattle,  Wash. 
421.  Ethel,  Charles  H. — Jacksonville,  111. 
597.  Eveland,  Samuel — Reinbeck,  la. 

678.  EwiNGTON,  Alfred  E.  W. — Address  unknown. 

610.  Fagg,  Thomas  J.  C,  Jr. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  care  Van  Dusen  Har- 
rington Co. 
585.  Fairbank,  Herbert  A. — San  Francisco,  Cal. 
391.  Ferguson,  John  C* 
373.  Ferguson,  John  H. — Griggsville,  111. 
136.  Ferguson,  William  C* 

544.  Fernandes,  Daniel  H. — .-Anderson,  Madison  co.,  Ind. 
366.  Field,  Robert,  Jr. — Little  Rock,  Saline  co..  Mo. 
729.  FiLSON,  William  N. — Jacksonville,  111. 

480.  Finch,  William  F. — Flora.  111. 

92.  Finley,  William  H. — Franklin,  Neb. 

481.  Fisher,  Frank — Address  unknown. 
175.  FiTZGERREL,  J.  M. — Fairfield,  111. 

698.  Forbes,  Harry  L.— Chicago,  111.,  1S3  Dearborn  street. 

423.  Foster,  William  H.— Kansas  City,  Mo.,  2115  Vine  street. 

245.  Fox,  Frederick  A.* 

571.  Frackelton,  Charles  C. — Petersburg,  111. 

720.  Frackelton,  Robert  J.— Petersburg,  111. 

14.  Frazer,  James  W. — Clarendon,  Ark. 
756.  Fry,  Carl  W.* 
412.  Fuller,  Harvey  B. — Chicago,  111, 
453.  Fuller,  Matthias  G. — Oconee,  Shelby  co.,  111. 
517.  Fuller,  Richard  M. — St.  John,  Kan. 
593.  Gaddis,  John  W. — Fairview,  111. 
112.  Gamble,  Hamilton.* 
670.  Gardner,  William — Rapid  City,  S.  D. 
103.  Garrison,  Samuel  F.  C. — El  Dorado,  Kan. 
394.  Gash,  Miles  Lee — Address  unknown. 
387.  George,  Adolphus  K. — Address  unknown. 
126.  Geyer,  Edward  T.* 
377.  GiLKESON,  Hunter  B.* 
587.  Gillett,  Charles  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 
782.  Gillett,  Philip  F. — Jacksonville,  111. 
249.  Gillette,  Edward  J. — Mechanicsburg,  111. 
130.  Gillette,  Leslie — Beatrice,  Neb. 
475.  Gillham,  James  B. — Jacksonville,  111. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  167 

276.  GiLLHAM,  TiroMAS  C— Address  unknown. 

370.  Gilliam,  William  H. — Gilliam,  Saline  co.,  Mo. 
56.  Gladney,  Charles — Annada,  Pike  co.,  Mo. 

?i6.  Glenn,  Charles  H.* 

371.  Glore,  Orlando* 

41.  Glover,  Albert  D. — Newark,  Knox  co..  Mo. 
521.  Glover,  John  A. — Urbana,  111. 
341.  Glover,  Lyman  B. — Chicago,  111.,  Eden  Musee. 
595.  Glover,  William  B. — Humboldt,  Kan. 
579.  GoFF,  Edward  E. — Ashland,  Cass  co..  111. 
567.  GoFF,  Matthew  L. — Morris,  111. 
721.  Golden,  Louis  R. — Petersburg,  111. 
617.  GoLTRA,  Edward  F.— St.  Louis,  Mo.,  2839  Olive  street. 
365.  Goode,  George  T. — Olathe,  Kan. 
282.  Goode,  Robert  P.* 
414.  GooDELL,  Frederick* 

372.  GooDiN,  William  A. — Pittsfield,  111. 
364.  Gordon,  William — Address  unknown. 

16.  GouDY,  George  B.* 
356.  Govert,  William  H. — Quincy,  111. 
648.  Graves,  Newel — Lynnville,  111. 
563.  Graves,  William  A. — Address  unknown. 
577.  Gray,  Newton — Livermore,  Alameda  co.,  Cal. 

235.  Green,  Alexander  H. — Wilmington,  N.  C. 
350.  Green,  Alfred  M. — Dallas,  Tex. 

236.  Green,  Gilbert  E. — Middle  Grove,  Mo. 
336.  Green,  John  A.* 

168.  Green,  William  D.* 
663.  Greene,  Alexander  M. — Tallula,  111. 
550.  Greene,  Howard  O. — Address  unknown. 
135.  Greenleaf,  Thomas  S. — Address  unknown. 

85.  Gregory,  Byron  L.* 
558.  Grigsby,  H.  DeLoss— Pittsfield,  III. 
426.  Grigsby,  James  H. — Perry,  Pike  co..  111. 
443.  Grimes,  John  M. — Chicago,  111.,  Metropolitan  Block. 
519.  Grout,  Joseph  M. — Springfield,  111. 
482.  Grout,  William  T.  — Barry,  Clay  co..  111. 
359.  Grove,  Henry  C* 
129.  Hackett,  George  W. — Woodburn,  111. 

48.  Halbert,  Alexander.* 
308.  Halbert,  Robert  A. — Belleville,  111. 
494.  Hall,  Charles  H. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  1551  Franklin  avenue. 

84.  Hall,  James  A. — Bartlett,  Wheeler  co.,  Neb. 
289.  Hamilton,  Eli  B. — Hutchinson,  Kan. 
195.  Hamilton,    Elisha    B.— Kansas   City,   Mo..   303    Long    Bros.'   Office 

Building. 
474.  Hamilton,  George  L. — Orleans,  111. 

75.  Hamilton,  John  D. — Menard,  111. 


l68  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

49.  Hamilton,  Marvin  M.* 

59.  Hamilton,  William  R. — Carthage,  111. 
154.  Hanhack,  John  E.* 
503.  Hanback,  William  M. — Chapin,  111. 

71.  Happy,  William  W.* 
338.  Hardin,  Neil  C. — Louisiana,  Mo. 
202.  Hardin,  James  F.* 
753.  Harker,  Josei'H  R. — Jacksonville,  111. 
260.  Harris,  Lucius — Oleander,  Fresno  co.,  Cal. 
29S.  Harrison,  Petkr  L.* 

572.  Harsha,  Albert  K. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  2213  Fremont  avenue. 
508.  Harsha,  William  J. — Omaha,  Neb. 
408.  Hartwell,  Samuel  A.  V. — Address  unknown. 
311.  Hatch,  H.  Lee — Jacksonville,  111. 
424.  Hatfield,  Cornelius  L. — Farmer  City,  111. 
108.  Hawley,  John  B. — Omaha,  Neb.,  2510  Capital  avenue. 
603.  Haynes,  Ralph  W.— Springfield,  111. 

54.  Helm,  William  M. — Address  unknown. 

162.  Henderson,   William    H. — Butte   City,   Mont.,   care    Mr.  Thompson 
Campbell. 
5.  Henry,  Greenkury  R.* 

37.  Henry,  James  O. — Address  unknown, 
118.  Henry,  P.  H. — Address  unknown. 
715.  Henry,  Robert  L.* 

93.  Henry,  Wilson  A. — Address  unknown. 

94.  HicKOX,  Volney — Springfield,  111, 
722.  Hinrichsen,  Mark  F. — Alexander,  111. 
no.  Hitt,  Henry  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 

73.  Hitt,  Robert* 
548.  Hockenhull,  Robert  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 

50.  Hollister,  E.  T. — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  811  N.  Third  street. 

673.  Holmes,  Eugene  D. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  care  Minneapolis  Academy. 

324.  Hook,  Marcus — Jacksonville,  111. 

256.  Hopkins,  Henry* 

646.  Howser,  Caleb  W.* 

465.  Hubbard,  William  B. — Address  unknown. 

634.  HuKFAKKR,  Frank  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 

100.    HUFFAKER,   M.  J.* 

660.  Hughes,  Charles  S. — Address  unknown. 

194.  Hughes,  William  E. — Dallas,  Tex. 

680.  Humphrey,  William  D. — Jacksonville,  III. 

217.  Hunter,  Charles  W. — Address  unknown. 

437.  HuRD,  Thomas — Wellington,  Sumner  co.,  Kan. 

321.  Iles,  Edward — Springfield,  111. 

345.  Iles,  Samuel  W.* 

274.  Ingersoll,  Henry  S.* 

36S.  Irwin,  James  C. —  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

420.  Irwin,  J.  L.* 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  169 

363.  IsH,  J.  C.  B.— Springfield.  Mo. 

299.  Jackson,  Charles  E. — Clarion,  Wright  co.,  la. 

687.  Jackson,  Louis  E. — Athensville,  III. 

334.  Jackson,  Louis  H. — Iowa  City,  la. 
I.  Jayne,  William — Springfield,  111. 

407.  Jenkins,  Robert  E.— Chicago,  111.,  81  E.  Madison  street. 

346.  Jobe,  G.  F. — Xenia,  O. 

127.  Johnson,  F. — Address  unknown. 

562.  Johnson,  John  L. — Jacksonville,  111. 

436.  Johnson,  John  W. — Hiavvaiha,  Brown  co.,  Kan. 

514.  Johnson,  William  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 

357.  Jones,  Fred  A.* 

691.  Jones,  Josiah — Sweetwater,  III. 

197.  Jones,  William  W.* 

675.  Jordan,  Clarence— Address  unknown. 

669.  Jumper,  William  H. — Jacksonville,  111. 

638.  Keenly,  James  F. — Samoa  Islands. 

271.  Kellogg,  William — Leadville,  Col. 

559.  Kellogg,  William  R. — Jamestown,  Dak. 

590.  Kenyon,  Clarence  A. — Kansas  City,  Mo.,  501-504  Whitney  Building. 

755.  Keplinger,  Maurice  B. — Franklin,  III. 

329.  Kerr,  Robert* 

70.  Keyes,  Charles  A. — Springfield,  111. 

330.  King,  Edward  J.* 

435.  King,  Theodore  F. — Washington,  D.  C,  3317  O  street. 
450.  King,  William  M. — New  York  City,  cor.  First  ave.  and  One  hundred 
and  twelfth  street. 

58.  Knox,  William  A.— Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  217  Quincy  street. 
565.  Kyle,  A.  D. — Address  unknown. 
109.  Lacey,  Lyman — Havana,  III. 

36.  Lamme,  Josiah  W. — Address  unknown. 
679.  Lane,  William  J. — Jacksonville,  111. 
309.  Laning,  Caleb  B. — Petersburg,  III. 
307.  Laning,  John  S.* 

306.  Larimore,  William  H.  H. — Girard,  Kan. 
728.  Lasell,  Sidney  L. — Orange,  N.  J. 

238.  Lathrop,  Edward  B. — Chicago,  111.,  care  National  Bank  of  America. 
233.  Lathrop,  John  K. — Springfield,  Mass. 
518.  Lathrop,  Joseph — Chicago,  111.,  209  Adams  street. 
640.  Lawder,  Walter — Campbell  Hill,  Jackson  co..  111. 
645.  Leach,  Thomas  E. — Winchester,  111. 
447.  Lee,  George  W. — Chicago,  111.,  Union  Stock  Yards. 
763.  Lenington,  George  C. — Jacksonville,  111. 
749.  Lenington,  Robert  F. — Jacksonville,  111. 
671.  Lewis,  William  N. — Denver,  Col.,  1726  Larimer  street. 
454.  Lippincott,  Julian  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 
575.  Lippincott,  Winthrop  G.* 

335.  Littlefield,  Horace  R. — Lafayette,  Or. 


17°  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

697.  LoAR,  Abraham  L.— Jacksonville,  111. 

322.  Long,  Owen  G.— Kansas  City,  Mo. 

592.  LooMis,  Samuel  C. — Chicago,  III.,  2897  Archer  avenue. 

II.  LooMis,  Thaddeus  L. — Carlinville,  111, 

228.  LuRTON,  Jacob  P.* 

702.  LuTHRiNGER,  JoHN  P. — Petersburg,  III. 

765.  Lyman,  Edward  H. — Farmingdale,  Sangamon  co.,  111. 

317.  Lyman,  John  S. — Farmingdale,  Sangamon  co..  III. 
582.  Mack,  Charles  A. — Glen  Ullin,  Morton  co..  Dak. 
525.  Mack-Sholl,  Jacob — Carthage,  111. 

381.  Major,  John  A.  S.* 
270.  Maple,  Charles  H.* 
40.  Mars,  Hiram — Galesburg,  111. 
210.  Martin,  James  C. — Oakland,  Cal. 
417.  Massey,  William  R. — Address  unknown 
349.  Masters,  Hardin  W. — Address  unknown 
7S1.  Mathews,  Benjamin  C. — Dayton,  Wash. 
292.  Mathews,  James  R. — Jacksonville.  111. 
251.  Mathews,  John  H. — Jacksonville,  111. 

318.  Mathews,  Richard  L. — Jacksonville,  III. 
156.  Matthews,  Asa  C. — Pittsfield,  111. 

398.  Mauzey,  James  P. — Spokane  Falls,  Wash. 

624.  May,  Stephen  D. — Chicago,  111.,  79  Dearborn  street. 

438.  McCann,  Franklin  M. — Quincy,  III. 

419.  McClintock.  J.  H.* 

513.  McCollister,  Charles  I. — Whitehall,  111. 

622.  McCollister,  John  S. — Jacksonville,  111. 

654.  McCollom,  Isaac  S. — Scottville,  III. 

179.  McConnell,  Edward — Jacksonville,  III. 

39.  McConnell,  George  M. — Chicago,  111.,  care  "The  Times." 
342.  McCor.mick,  William — Eureka  Springs,  Ark. 
141.  McCowEN,  James — Havana,  111. 
440.  McDonald,  Edward  L.— Jacksonville,  111. 
451.  McDonald,  Frederick  A, — The  Dalles,  Or. 
487.  McDonald,  Francis  I.* 

706.  McElfresh,  William  E. — Toronto,  Ontario,  Canada. 
633.  McFarland,  Wallace — Address  unknown. 
231.  McFarland,  George  C. — Jacksonville.  111. 
386.  McIlhany,  Joseph  W.— Lampasas,  Te.x. 
613.  McKinney,  Samuel  J. — Hoxie,  Kan. 
594.  McKnight,  William— St.  Louis,  Mo.,  1727  Dohnan  street. 
353.  McMillan,  John  A. — Berlin,  Sangamon  co..  111. 
146.  McQite,  Edward* 
234.  McWilliam,  William  C* 

52.  Mears,  Giles* 
416.  Meitsell,  George  P. — Pekin,  111. 

98.  Miksall,  J.  P. — Quincy,  111. 
243.  Miller,  Adam — Mattoon,  111. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  171 

51.  Miller,  Cicero  D. — Jacksonville,  111. 

223.  Miller,  Ichabod  T.— Address  unknown. 
775.  Miller,  James  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 
200.  Miller,  Joseph  H.* 

6x1.  Milligan,  George  A.* 

504.  Million,  John  I. — Garland,  Bourbon  co.,  Kan. 
768.  Mitchell,  Arthur  S. — Hot  Springs,  Ark. 
63.  Moffet,  James  W.* 
248.  MoNEGAN,  Thomas. — Address  unknown. 

220.  MoNEGAN,  William  H. — Address  unknown. 
198.  Montgomery,  Nathaniel  P.* 

732.  Montgomery,  Robert  E.  L. — Jacksonville,  III. 
599.  Montgomery,  Samuel. — Petersburg,  111. 
498.  Moore,  Albert — Griggsville,  111. 

95.  Moore,  George  W. — Jacksonville,  III. 

224.  Moore,  John  A.* 

344.  Moore,  John  G. — Jelico,  Tenn. 

466.  Moore,  William  H. — Leavenworth,  Kan. 

352.  Moore,  William  P. — Quincy,  111. 

261.  Morris,  George  L.* 

609.  Morris,  John  B. — Kansas  City,  Mo. 

383.  Morrison,  David  C. — Little  Rock,  Saline  co..  Mo. 

114.  Morrison,  John  W. — Deerfield,  Kan. 

69.  Morrison,  Thomas  S. — Newton,  Harvey  co.,  Kan. 

115.  Morrison,  W.  H. — Plain  View,  Palo  co.,  Tex. 

602.  Morse,  Charles  L. — Kansas  City,  105  W.  Sixth  street. 

139.  Morton,  William  W.* 

222.  MosBY,  William  R.* 

512.  MosELY,  Theodore  F. — Omaha,  Neb. 

731.  Moulton,  William  H. — Waverly,  111. 

759.  Nance,  Thomas  J. — Petersburg,  111. 

511.  Neely,  Charles  E. — Arkadelphia,  Ark. 

221.  Nelson,  George  R. — Kansas  City,  Mo.,  624  Nelson  Building,  Missouri 

avenue  and  Main  street. 
320.  Newman,  James  B.* 
403.  Nichols,  Samuel  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 
3S0.  Nicholson,  Robert  F.* 
379.  Nolan,  George  N. — Address  unknown. 
476.  Norbury,  Edward  T. — Address  unknown. 
683.  Norbury,  Frank  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 
273.  O'Brien,  Thomas.* 
425.  Oliver,  John  L.— Address  unknown. 

96.  Orendorff,  Charles — East  Oakland,  Cal.,  1121  Twenty-second  street. 
741.  OsBORNSON,  Alexander  L. — Chicago,  111. 

169.  Owsley,  William  A. — Englewood,  Cook  co.,  111. 

170.  Owsley,  William  P.* 

766.  Padgett,  Frank  A.— Jacksonville,  111. 
618.  Palmer,  Mathew  R. — Neoga,  111. 


172  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

564.  Parker,  Hardin  W. — Baylis,  III. 

303.  Patton,  Matthew — Chicago,  III..  40  Board  of  Trade. 

396.  Paxson,  Alfred  A. — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  cor.  Fifth  and  Olive  streets. 
515.  Paxson,  Corey  E. — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  3427  Texas  avenue. 

184.  Paxson,  William  P. — Springfield,  Mo. 

596.  Peckham,  George  K. — Seneca,  Kan. 

315.  Perkins,  Charles  R. — Springfield,  III. 

409.  Phelps,  Alfred  C. — Denver,  Col.,  cor.  Sixteenth  and  Lawrence  streets. 

124.  Philbrick,  Charles  H.* 

12.  PiERSON,  George — Henrietta,  Clay  co.,  Tex. 
751.  Pike,  Edward  S. — Chenoa,  III. 
745.  Pilcher,  William  C. — Chandlerville,  III. 
294.  Pilcher,  William  H. — Chandlerville,  III. 
708.  PiLLSiiURY,  Joseph  B. — Petersburg,  111. 

53.  PiLLSBURY,  Joseph  H.— Petersburg,  III. 
501.  PoMEROY,  Samuel  F. — Edgar,  Clay  co.,  Neb. 
612.  Pond,  Charles  S. — Keokuk,  la. 

28.  Pond,  Jonathan  E.* 
658.  Price,  George  W. — Atkinson,  111. 

489.  Price,  Matthew  N. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  11  Washington  avenue. 
116.  Price,  William  B.— Berlin,  III. 

43.  Primm,  Ninian  E.* 
510.  Prince,  Arthur  E. — Jacksonville,  111. 

25.  Prince,  Edward — Quincy,  III. 
776.  Puffer,  Starkey  P. — Winchester,  III. 

760.  Putnam,  Edward  K. — Davenport,  la. 

33.  QuiSENBERRY,  RoGER  T. — Winchester,  Ky. 

17.  Ralston,  Virgil  Y.* 
213.  Randolph,  Valentine  C. — Buda,  111. 
690.  Rankin,  Fred  H. — Athens,  III. 
552.  Rannells,  Charles  S. — Pisgah,  111. 
241.  Rapp,  William  B.* 
531.  Raum,  Daniel  F. — Peoria,  III. 
774.  Rawlings,  Isaac  D. — Emporia,  Kan. 
674.  Read,  Frank,  Jr. — Jacksonville,  III. 

761.  Read,  Utten  E. — Jacksonville,  111. 

397.  Rearick,  Walter  A.* 

445.  Reaugh,  Samuel  E. — Highlands,  Arapahoe  co..  Col. 
523.  Reaugh,  William  D. — Beatrice,  Beadle  co..  Dak. 

81.  Redding,  M. — Address  unknown. 
171.  Reed,  Albert — Jacksonville,  111. 
158.  Reed,  Theron — Address  unknown. 
361.  Reii),  David  W. —  Slater,  Saline  co.,  Mo. 

79.  Reii),  W. — Address  unknown. 
452.  Remann,  Frederick — Vandalia,  III. 
642.  Renshaw,  Frank  D. — Long  Pine,  Brown  co..  Neb. 
266.  Renshaw,  Howard  W.* 
625.  Renshaw,  Johnson  P. — Sterling,  111. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  I  73 

656.  Reynolds,  Charles  W.— Jacksonville,  111. 
479.  Reynolds,  William  H. — Address  unknown. 
527.  Rice,  Albert  C— Jacksonville,  111. 

632.  Rice,  John  C. — Jacksonville,  111. 

537.  Rice,  Walter  S. — Chapin,  111. 

553.  Rice,  William  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 

410.  Riddle,  Francis  A. — Chicago,  111.,  Home  Insurance  Building. 

657.  Rider,  Arthur  W. — Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

65.  RiDGELY,  Charles — Springfield,  111. 

46.  RiGGiN,  Augustus  K. — Petersburg,  111. 

60.  RiNAKER,  John  I. — Carlinville,  111. 

574.  ROBBINS,  Cephas  P. — Stowe,  Finney  co.,  Kan. 
255.  RoBBiNS,  Daniel  E.— Payson,  111. 
13.  Roberts,  DeWitt  C. — New  Orleans,  La.,  37;^  Cleveland  street. 

47.  Roberts,  E.  W. — Address  unknown. 

490.  Robertson,  Peter — Mohawk  Chapel,  Cincinnati,  O. 

441.  Robertson,  William  R. — Carlinville,  111. 

332.  Robinson,  Seth* 

290.  Robinson,  Urban  E.* 

737.  Robinson,  William  D. — Summer  Hill,  Pike  co.,  111. 

113.  Robison,  James  W. — Towanda,  Butler  co.,  Kan. 

626.  Rogers,  John  L. — Omaha,  Neb. 

323.  Rogers,  William  A. — LeClaire,  la. 

144.  Roseberry,  Matthew  G.* 

484.  Ross,  George  C. — Redwood  City,  Cal. 

203.  Ross,  John  W. — Washington,  D.  C,  Postmaster. 

325.  Ross,  Ossian  R.* 

6,  Ross,  Pike  C. — Canton,  111. 
104.  Ross,  William — San  Jose,  Cal. 
496.  Ross,  William  J. — Address  unknown. 
665.  RowE,  Charles  A. — Jacksonville,  111. 
384.  Rowland,  John  T. — Millwood,  Knox  co.,  O. 
78.  Ruble,  Jacob — Oswego,  Labette  co.,  Kan. 

66.  Rucker,  William  B.* 
418.  Runyan,  Joseph  P.* 

779.  RussEL,  George  M. — Jacksonville,  111.  * 

696.  RussEL,  James  G. — Jacksonville,  111. 

536.  RussEL,  William  G. — Jacksonville,  111. 

631.  Russell,  Coleridge — Chicago,  111. 

449.  Russell,  Robert  D. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  505  Temple  Court. 

630.  Salter,  Charles  C. — Duluth,  Minn. 

688.  Sample,  Albert  F. — Franklin,  111. 

61.  Sanders,  C.  B. — Irwin,  Barton  co.,  Mo. 

533.  Sanders,  Charles  S. — Lincoln,  Neb.  Claim  Department,  B.  &  M.  R.  R. 
551.  Sanders,  John  K. — Cleveland,  O.,  645  Prospect  street. 
488.  Sanders,  William  B. — Cleveland,  O.,  846  Euclid  avenue. 
726.  Sanford,  Ernest  H. — Jamestown,  Dak. 
718.  Sanford,  Frederick  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 


174  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

643.  Saunderson,  William  H.— Mt.  Zion,  Van  Buren  co.,  la. 
413.  Savage,  Charles  R. — Bluff  Springs,  111. 
182.  Savage,  John  W. — Benton,  Benton  co.,  Indian  Ter. 
431.  Savles,  William  W.* 
750.  ScHAUB,  Howard  C. — Decatur,  111. 
580.  Scott,  Walter  G. — Des  Moines,  la. 
598.  Senteny,  Andrew  E. — Louisiana,  Mo. 
635.  Shaki'.  David  M. — Taylorville,  111. 
661.  Sharp,  Kelsev — Taylorville,  111. 
573.  Shaw,  William  B.  — Ford  City,  Kan. 
734.  Shearborn,  William  G. — Lewder,  111. 

604.  Shepherd,  Benjamin  F. — St.  Louis.  Mo.,  care  of  Halladay  and  Co. 
700.  SiiEPPARD,  S.  Henry — Jacksonville,  111. 
629.  Shipp,  Eli — Address  unknown. 
460.  Shippey,  John  A.  B. — Augusta,  111. 
212.  Shirley,  Henry  B. — North  Loup,  Valley  co.,  Neb. 
64.  Shortt,  Albert  G.* 
406.  Sibert,  Benjamin  F.— Jacksonville,  111. 
196.  Sibert,  Jeremiah.* 
106.  Simmons,  P.  D. — Address  unknown. 
44S.  SiMMS,  Julian  R. — Union  Grove,  Wis. 
570.  Simons,  Henry  C. — Virden,  111. 
772.  Simons,  Thomas  J. — Virden,  111. 
297.  Sims,  Aquilla  H.* 

714.  Skillman,  William  F. — Sulphur  Springs,  Tex. 
739.  Skinner,  Lucius  D. — Du  Quoin,  111. 
623.  Small,  Amos  W.* 
339.  Small,  James  D.,  jr. — Topeka,  Kan. 
374.  Smith,  Byron  C* 
142.  Smith,  B.  F. — Address  unknown. 

649.  Smith,  David  D.— Jacksonville,  III. 
62.  Smith,  F. — Address  unknown. 

534.  S.mith,  Frank  E. — New  York  City,  280  Broadway. 

72.  Smith,  George  S. — Chicago,  111.,  1202  Divesey  street. 
218.  Smith,  George  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 
486.  Smith,  Hugh  B. — Jacksonville,  111. 

34.  Smith,  Henry  R. — Address  unknown. 
163.  Smith,  James  D. — New  Berlin,  111. 
747.  Smith,  James  D„  jr. — New  Berlin,  III. 
159.  Smith,  John  P. — Berlin,  111. 

650.  Smith,  Thomas  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 

252.  Smith,  William  Henry — Rawlins,  Wyoming  Ter. 

499.  Smith,  William  H. — Seneca,  Kan. 

258.  Sparks,  Joseph  R.* 

313.  Spears,  William  E. — Richmond,  Franklin  co.,  Kan. 

711.  Spellman,  Byron  F. — Lynnville,  111. 

120.  Spence,  W.  T. — Address  unknown. 

493.  Sperry,  William  C. — Waverly,  111. 


ILLINOIS    COLLEGE.  175 

549.  Springer,  John  W. — Jacksonville,  111. 
153.  Springer,  William  M. — Springfield,  111. 

472.  Starrett,  Julius  A. — Chicago,  111.,  Hyde  Park. 
516.  Steckman,  Reuben  W. — Princeton,  Mo. 

300.  Sterrett,  Brice  I. — Decatur,  111. 

668.  Stevens,  Arthur  L. — Council  Bluffs,  la.,  226  Merriam  Block. 

347.  Stevenson,  Henry  S. — Jacksonville,  111. 

767.  Stevenson,  William  H. — Jacksonville,  111. 

262.  Stewart,  Alfred — Effingham,  111. 

473.  Stewart,  Harry  C* 

752.  Stewart,  Samuel  B. — Jacksonville,  111. 
392.  Still,  Edward — Kemper,  Jersey  cc,  111. 
264.  Stipp,  George  W. — Wellington,  Kan. 
743.  Stoddard,  Bertel  M. — Minonk,  111. 
199.  Stone,  James  P. — Address  unknown. 
505.  Story,  John  H. — Clarksville,  Mo. 
682.  Strawn,  Ferdinand  L. — Jacksonville,  111. 
684.  Strawn,  Julius  G. — Orleans,  111. 
117.  Strong,  John  D. — St.  Joseph,  Mo. 

30.  Summers,  George  J. — Address  unknown. 
560.  Sutton,  John  C. — St.  Paul,  Neb. 

68.  SwANWiCK,  Curtis  C* 

367.  SwETT,  Albert  G. — St.  Louis,  Mo.,  13  Franklin  avenue. 
277.  Swett,  Charles  D. — Washington,  D.  C,  603  Seventh  street. 
740.  Swift,  Charles  O. — Waverly,  111. 
491.  Swindler,  Eugene  H.  L. — Kalamazoo,  Mich. 
542.  Swope,  James  H. — St.  Louis,  Mo. 
107.  Symonds,  Edwin  K. — Quincy,  III. 
191.  Sympson,  S.  a. — Carthage,  111. 
664.  Tanner,  Allan  A. — Jacksonville,  III. 
268.  Taylor,  Edward  P.* 

405.  Taylor,  Francis  A. — Apopka,  Orange  co.,  Fla. 
762.  Taylor,  Jacob  E.* 

770.  Taylor,  William  F. — New  Berlin,  111. 
333.  Terry,  James  M. — Chapin,  111. 

771.  Terry,  Woodward  S.— Jacksonville,  111. 

389.  Thompson,  Clark — Alsey,  Scott  co.,  111. 

244.  Thompson,  David  W. — Englewood,  Cook  co..  111. 

723.  Thompson,  Frank  L. — Virden,  111. 

382.  Thompson,  James— Kansas  City,  Mo.,  213  Journal  Building. 

390.  Thompson,  L.  C. — Address  uYiknown. 
237.  Thompson,  William  H.* 

742.  TiLTON,  Robert — Jacksonville,  111. 
545.  Titus,  Charles  S.— New  York  City. 
754.  Tomlin,  Jacob  F. — Pleasant  Plains,  III. 
637.  Tomlinson,  Frank  L. — Mt.  Pulaski,  111. 
529.  Turner,  Frederick  C. — Jacksonville,  III. 
280.  Turner,  James  E. — Wyandotte,  Kan. 


176  PHI    ALPHA    SOCIETY. 

459.  Vail,  Edward  P. —  Decatur,  111. 

281.  Van  Arman,  St.  John* 

267.  Vandeventkr,  Bourbon  B.* 

loi.  Van  Eaton,  Flavei,  H. — Clearwater,  Kan. 

3.  Van  Eaton,  Henry  S. — Woodville,  Wilkinson  co.,  Miss. 
340.  Van  Horn,  William  B. — Louisiana,  Mo. 
189.  Van  Winkle,  Benoni.* 

509.  Vasconcellos,  Emanuel  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 
400.  Vaughn,  John  W. — Leadville,  Col. 
500.  Verry,  Frank — Address  unknown. 
310.  Veitcm,  William  E. — Jacksonville,  111. 
269.  Vittum,  George  B. — Canton,  111. 
155.  Wade,  Albert — Alton,  111. 
591.  Wadsworth,  Harry  E. — Jacksonville,  111. 
608.  Wadsworth,  Julian  S. — Cenireviile,  R.  I. 
619.  Wait,  George  G. — Chenney,  Neb. 
183.  Wakely,  Robert  M. — Jacksonville,  111. 
286.  Wakely,  Thomas  A. — Jacksonville,  111. 
328.  Walker,  James  H. — Address  unknown. 
288.  Walker,  Job.* 

694.  Walker,  John  A. — Jacksonville,  111. 
600.  Walter,  W.  Meade — Chicago,  111.,  103  State  street. 
53S.  Ward,  Charles  H. — Jacksonville,  II!. 
483.  Ward,  James  R. — Carrollton,  111. 

57.  Warner,  Benjamin  F. — Kansas  City,  Mo. 
253.  Warner,   David  C* 

31.  Warner,  George  W.* 

67.  Warren,  Philemon — Springfield.  111. 
703.  Watkins,  George  B. — Petersburg,  111. 

18.  Weagley,  Samuel  G. — Orleans,  111. 
240.  Wetherbee,  William  B. — Ness  City,  Ness  co.,  Kan. 
337.  Wheat,  Almeron — Ouincy,  111. 
764.  White,  Carl  B. — DuOuoin,  111. 
526.  White.  Ezra  W. — Address  unknown. 
125.  White,  Hugh  A. — Chicago,  111.,  79  Metropolitan  Block. 
442.  White,  Robert — Knox  City,  Knox  co.,  Mo. 
677.  Whitely,  Robert  H.  K. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  care  "  The  Times." 

38.  Whiting,  Charles  B.* 
131.  WicKLiFFE,  Charles  W.* 
215.  WiER,  Henry  H. — Tacoma,  Wash.,  1114  C  street. 

206.  Wilbur,  De  Witt  C. — Address  unknown. 
167.  Wilcox,  John  F. — Narka,  Republic  co.,  Kan. 
172.  Wilcox,  J.  L. — Springfield,  111. 

97.  Wiley,  Edmund  R. —  Petersburg,  111. 

207.  WiLHiTK,  Jesse  C. — Englewood,  Cook  co..  111.,  6928  Wallace  street. 
662.  Wilkinson,  Lawrence  S. — Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

4.  Wilkinson,  Robert — Wathena,  Kan. 
305.  WiLLARD,  James  P. — Jacksonville,  111. 


ILLINOIS   COLLEGE.  177 

176.  Williams,  Elias — Chatheld,  Filmorc  co.,  Minn. 
778.  Wills,  John  R.— Pittsfield,  111. 
226.  WiLLSON,  WilliAxM  T. — Addrcss  unknown. 
304.  Wilson,  Andrf.w.* 

6S1.  Wilson,  Hugh  M. — Minneapolis,  Minn.,  913  Lumber  Exchange. 
III.  Wilson,  James — Address  unknown. 
22.  Wilson,  Philii*  K.* 

7.  Wilson,  Rokekt  D. — Wallace,  Calaveras  co.,  Cal. 
712.  Wilson,  William  T. — Jacksonville,  111. 

145.  WiMEK,   JOHN  W.— Address  unknown. 

705.  Wing,  Samuel — Chandlerville,  III. 

463.  Wintekbottom,  Joseph — Saybrook,  111. 

704.  Wiswall,  Thomas — Alexander,  III. 

239.  Wood,  George  G.* 

152.  Wood,  John  H. — Atlantic,  la. 

121.  Wood,  Joshua  S. — Galena,  Cherokee  co.,  Kan. 

433.  Wood,  William  D. — Salt  Lake  City,  Utah  Ter.,  Box  1164. 

693.  Woods,  Raymond — Jacksonville,  III.  ~ 

74.  Woodson,  John  M.— St.  Louis,  Mo.,  919  Olive  street. 
641.  WoRTHEN,  W.  W. — Bismarck,  Dak. 
524.  Wright,  Alexander  M. — Franklin,  III. 
607.  Wru.ht,  Charles  D. — Harvel,  Montgomery  co..  111. 

8.  Wright,  Nehemiah — Chatham,  III. 
133.  Yates,  Henry.* 

143.  Yates,  John — Walkersville.  Page  co.,  la.  • 

123.  Yates,  William.* 

401.  Young,    Sinnett    A.  —  St.    Louis,    Mo.,   N.  W.   Cor.    Broadway   and 

Market  street. 
147.  ZoLL,  Carithers — Vermont,  Fulton  co.,  111. 


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